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Freedom in Spiritual Poverty

~ Abundant life is available to us now as we seek to live low and abide in Jesus.

There is abundant freedom from sin available to those who in humility and acknowledgement of their brokenness look to God for help. God’s heart is for freedom. He came, died, and rose again that we might no longer be entangled to the burdens of this world but be set free to experience the fullness of heaven on earth.

Isaiah 61:1 foretold of Jesus’ purposes on the earth in saying:

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon Me, for the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.”

Through the powerful sacrifice of Jesus in living and dying for us, we have been set free.

But the Bible is clear that walking in the freedom made available by the blood of Jesus only happens as we continually yield our lives to Him on a daily basis.

Romans 6:7 and 11 say:

“For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin". . . "So, you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.”

1 Peter 2:16 says:

“For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.”

And Galatians 5:13 says:

“For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.”

We experience continual freedom as we submit our lives to the purposes, presence, and plans of our heavenly Father.

There is freedom for you and me today if we will choose to live poor in spirit. Jesus set us free, not that we would continue to live for ourselves and the world, but that we would experience the abundant life that comes through humility and submission to our loving God. The Godhead continually models submission and humility. They continually serve one another in an irreconcilable paradox of being three and one. And God is calling us to follow His model.

• Where are you struggling with the bonds of sin today?
• Where does the world seem to have a hold on you?

Submit your life to the capable hands of your loving heavenly Father and ask Him to reveal to you the path to freedom. Look for any parts of your life in which you are still living for yourself and the things of the world. There is no freedom available to us in the pursuits of the world. The abundant life found in God is in direct opposition to the ways and cares of the earth. Choose today to pursue the life God has laid before you, find your enjoyment in His loving nearness, and receive the freedom that comes from abiding in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

May the words of Romans 8:1-4 fill you with faith to seek the total freedom from sin available to you in God. May your day today be marked by victory over the enemy and his schemes. And may your life be filled with the peace and joy that comes from experiencing freedom from the burdens and cares of sin:

“So, now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to Him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So, God did what the law could not do. He sent His own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.”
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~ published by: First 15

https://www.first15.org/devotionals/freedom-in-spiritual-poverty-2023/






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