Being Slaves

Romans 6:16

“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” (NKJV)

We all think that we are free because we have free will. I live in the country of the free where I can legally do almost anything from owning firearms to smoking marijuana. I can choose both to do good or do harm to both myself and to others. Although our actions all have consequences, either good or bad, we have the capability to do whatever we want.

But sadly this is not true. We have choice, but our choice isn’t about freedom; for it is the opposite. We have the choice of whether we want to be a slave to sin or a servant of God. In sin we have the illusion of being free, but really are only serving the master of sin (who is also under this same illusion). Our other option is to lay down all our pride and desires, obey and serve God. This makes us feel like we give up all our freedom, but really we are gaining a greater freedom that Christ grants us because of our love and faithful obedience to Him.

These are our two masters that we have the choice of obeying. We either obey one or the other; for there is no in between. We are not capable of serving neither and we cannot serve both. If we are under the illusion that we are not serving either or are faithfully serving both then we are really only giving into the desires of the master of sin. If we choose to serve the master of sin, then we unknowingly are a slave to him and are serving him whole heartedly. If we choose to serve God, then we need to knowingly serve Him and serve Him whole heartedly.

To whole heartedly serve and obey God, I am going to write down a prayer that will both be recommitment to Him and asking of His will.