The Cost of Freedom

Galatians 5:1 - "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery."

God made mankind to live free. We are hardwired with that desire. Those of us privileged to be born or who live in the United States often take these liberties for granted. What others have fought and died to preserve can lose their value when we forget what it cost. Our American Declaration of Independence states freedom of religion is our unalienable right. However, as the founding fathers stated, these "rights" are endowed by our Creator.

For God the Father, it cost Him dearly by giving us His Son. As citizens of heaven, we can likewise forget how much freedom and liberty cost. Our “unalienable right” as Christians entails submitting to God and Jesus Christ and then living in harmony with all men. As followers of Christ we never have to submit to a yoke of slavery. This was accomplished through the finished work of Jesus Christ. However, there will always be those men who don't desire to live "harmoniously." We must all do our part to live spiritually as well as socially active in a world that desires to consume Christian believers. May we resist with all the fortitude in which God gives us, for in only so doing, will we be truly free.