We take for granted what Jesus provided. We complicate it with ‘Christianize.’ Saying phrases at salvation calls that someone raised outside of the faith would not know. And we wonder why more people don’t give their life to God. Sometimes we don’t explain enough or we use words you only learn in church.
The freedom that Jesus provides is simply this. Jesus paid the price for our mistakes. If we believe that he is the son of God and that he died to pay our debt for us. We can say that it’s paid for when we die. Jesus paid my debt. More than that when an old memories comes up we can say that’s paid for. I’m not the person anymore. Because when we accept Jesus sacrifice for us. The old us dies. Jesus makes us a new creation.
Accepting Jesus sacrifice for us is not for a get out of hell free card. God doesn’t want you to live out of fear. Because things done out of fear are not real commitments. Jesus paid the price for our mistakes because he loves us and he wants us to have a relationship with him, Father God and the Holy Spirit.
Before Jesus. We had to sacrifice an animal to pay for our mistakes. God only spoke through a few people mostly priests and prophets.
But now when we accept Jesus sacrifice in our stead. He provides freedom from guilt and shame. Freedom to have a relationship with God. Freedom to talk to God all day any time. Freedom to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Freedom from the pressures of this world. Because God is our provider in every way possible if we put our trust in him. He provides freedom from it all.
I spent years seeking the approval of others. Trying and striving to do everything on my own. “If I just work hard enough, I can do it.” But that is not God’s kingdom. His economy is backwards. The more we surrender our lives to him, the more we stop striving and trying. The more we trust him. Th more he provides.
When we surrender to God. He provides peace that surpasses understanding, joy in the storm and a love that no human can provide. True surrender is about growing closer to God. Not so he will do this or that. But so we can know him to the very depth of our souls. We don’t seek him for what he can do, but just for who he is.
Think of the person you love the most. Isn’t it just enough to be near them. You don’t even have to do anything just being in each others presence is enough. That is what God wants with us. He wans to be the one we love the most. He’ll take care of the rest. If we just seek him.