Free Street

Free Street

If the son makes you free, you are free indeed. John 8:36

I am on a new path. I have been on this street for some time, but the name has eluded me until recently. It is sort of like driving on a street and not knowing the name of the street until you come to a cross roads. There, at the intersection was a large sign that said "Free St".

In the past I have been tripped up, sort of lost on Legalism Ave. The more I tried to be good, the more I followed the rules, the worse I became. In short, trying to be good was killing me. When I was on Legalism Ave, I was miserable and I think I made everyone around me miserable too (God Bless my poor wife for what she has had to endure while living with me). I used the law to try and acquire freedom, but it didn't work. Legalism's power resides in its uncanny ability to point out failures. And all I did on Legalism Ave. was illuminate my sin and failures. I think it a good thing to have gotten acquainted with my sins. But thank goodness that Legalism came to a dead end. I had to choose one direction or the other. I could leave everything I learned and head towards Faithless Lane or embrace God, in spite of the troubles and head to Free St.

You know, the first stop on Free St. was a place named Acceptance. Before, I only knew the letter of the law and the harshness of judgment. But along came freedom... I was suddenly free to love God and be loved by Him. And God's love always lifts us to a place called Joy. But no one get's to Joy without having started with Christ, for he is where freedom begins.