It's Me Again God 2

69. Living in Joyous Freedom

It's me again God,

Your Word brings so much light to my walk with You! Continuing in Romans, Paul really makes sure that the readers of his letter really understand grace! It almost sounds like he's repeating himself as I continue to read chapter 6 but there are some important additions:

"What are we to do, then? Should we sin to our hearts' content since there's no law to condemn us anymore? What a terrible thought! Don't you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to love and obey God, he will lead you into perfect righteousness."
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:15-16‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Being led into perfect righteousness sounds very good to me! It's something to celebrate! Ever since I asked Jesus to become my Lord and Saviour, it definitely has been noticeably different!

"And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by truth through the teaching you are devoted to. And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You've left its bondage, and now God's perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants."
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:17-18‬ ‭TPT‬‬

I am so glad to be under the power of Your perfect righteousness! I am free from sin's mastery over me! I am a servant of righteousness:

"I've used the familiar terms of a "servant" and a "master" to compensate for your weakness to understand. For just as you surrendered your bodies and souls to impurity and lawlessness, which only brought more lawlessness into your lives, so now surrender yourselves as servants of righteousness, which brings you deeper into true holiness. For when you were bound as servants to sin, you lived your lives free from any obligation to righteousness. So tell me, what benefit ensued from doing those things that you're now ashamed of? It left you with nothing but a legacy of shame and death. But now, as God's loving servants, you live in joyous freedom from the power of sin. So consider the benefits you now enjoy—you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life! For sin's meager wages is death, but God's lavish gift is life eternal, found in your union with our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One."
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:19-23‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Living in joyous freedom, I love being brought deeper into true holiness which will end in eternity withYou! Thank You so much for this wonderful gift —one I really must tell others about!

In Jesus' Name,
Amen.