For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another. Galatians, Chapter 5, verse 13.
Our faith in God gives us a lot of freedom. I know I don’t have to worry about my kids
starving because I know that God will provide food for my family since He says
so in the Bible. Realizing things like
this has freed up my life so much that it’s difficult to explain.
Recognizing this, we have some choices. We could say, “Well, I know that God won’t
let us starve, so I could take the money I used to set aside from the budget
for food and go out drinking with my friends who have been asking me for some
time. In the past, I had told them no
because I couldn’t afford it. Now, I can
go out and party with them because God will make sure the kids don’t go
hungry.” I’m not sure that God would be
pleased with this decision.
It’s a choice that God gives us. Instead, I could say, “Since I don’t have to
spend so much time worrying about my family having enough to eat the way I used
to, I can spend my extra time helping the elderly neighbor across the street by
cleaning her house or watering her plants.”
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn’t necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
