Getting wet

Galatians 5: 1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

 

 

Free, we spend a lot of time talking about being free…..but are you? DO you allow yourself to fully be free? One of my favorite Bob Marley quotes (and if you think that Bob was just a ganja smoking musician, you might want to Google him) “some people feel the rain, others just get wet.”  This is the difference between a Christian being free, and a Christian just taking the name. If you are following Christ, you feel the rain, and you know what I mean. Think of it this way, there are usually two groups of people when it comes to rain. Those that welcome the rain, and those that curse it. The ones that welcome it know, rain brings life, it cleans the world, without it nothing can fully live. The one that curses it, knows that we need rain, but it is never at a good time, it is too much of an inconvenience, they know that they should be happy, but because it causes disruption to their life, they just get wet. They are truly slaves to their life.

 

Because of Christ we can dance in the rain, we can feel the rain, we can find joy in the dark storm clouds. Why? Because with Christ comes the knowledge that this moment, this time, this inconvenience, is but a moment in time, a spec of sand on a beach. You are free! Free from this world, free from the small box the world has tried to put you in. free from the lie that the only thing important in this world is what you have, and what you can get.  It is the slave that must impress, it is the slave that must conform, it is the slave that walks each day soaking wet, never seeing the beauty that comes with that down pour. Christ has given us freedom, freedom to choose, freedom to forgive, and freedom to love. You might at first glance think that everyone has these freedoms. You would be wrong, the slave does not choose, they follow. The slave only forgives those that are deemed worthy, and only loves those whom the world confirms to be good enough.

 

DO not allow yourself to be a slave, do not follow the crowd that speaks of Christianity, yet is full of hypocrisy. Be free, welcome the rain. Feel it, for with it comes the grace, the love, the forgiveness, and the blessing. Each rain storm is a Baptism of sorts. A renewal of your commitment to Christ, and all of the freedom that brings. One love, One heart. Bring on the rain.

 

 

God Bless,

Brian Thetford

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The Ridge Fellowship

 

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