The Law part 2
Only when the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus totally consumes us can we BE free from the law of sin and death. God's law has already made us free from the other law. That doesn't need to happen. That already happened. But while the truth has made us free... it is the truth that we know and believe that equips and empowers us to experience that freedom. If we're focused on sin and death, that's what our reality will be. I like to use this as an example: You can't make yourself not need to go to the bathroom by concentrating on it. Because even by concentrating on NOT going... you're still concentrating on THE BATHROOM. And if you're concentrating on the bathroom (even in not going to the bathroom) that's what's in your mind. That's what you're feeding, and that's what will grow. So if you're always on a sin hunt... you'll be able to find it. I think, for the most part, we find what we look for. One way or another. Not even necessarily because it's there, but because we MAKE it be there. Sometimes we create problems that don't even really exist. We make mountains out of molehills. Take things personally that aren't personal. I always say, "Don't take it personally, even if it is." Because the way people treat you says more about THEM than it does about YOU. You can only do what you can do. And, according to Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." It's a choice. Either the law of the Spirit of life... or the law of sin and death. Either believing (putting our faith in) the Word of the Lord (which is Jesus, which is love) or the report of the world. The lie of the world. Sin is unbelief, and the wages of sin is death. Because we have been given life--abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life! We have been given Jesus's life of love. And all we have to do is receive it and release it. All we have to do is know it and believe it. Fight the good fight of faith and LAY HOLD of the gift we've been given. You don't fight in order to get something. You fight to HAVE what you have. The fight is walking by faith and not by sight. Trusting God in every situation. Knowing that He has your back and will not let you fall. You have to follow something. There's a song that says, "You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything." Jesus (LOVE) is the Rock on which we stand. And standing upon that Rock is what keeps us from falling. We serve God. We obey HIS law. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. That's what matters. Period. Love is what matters. The Law of Love. The New Commandment. Love one another as Jesus loves you. Receive and release His love. Let God's love flow into and out of you with every breath you take and every move you make. If you have to choose... choose life. Choose experiencing what you've already been given rather than trying to get something you think you haven't got. Choose God. Choose love!