Opening Prayer: Father, my life, in so many ways and at so
many places, seems shackled and bound.
Help me to find freedom and liberty in you this day. (Disciplines for
the Inner Life by Bob Benson and Michael W. Benson)
Scripture: John 8:31-32
Journal: Are you free?
Why or why not? What most often
keeps you from experiencing freedom in your life? How do these verses on John
speak to that? How can the truth set you
free today?
Reflection:
Years ago, I was sitting with two high school
friends at a local restaurant talking about life and faith and how we can live
more authentically and intimately with Jesus.
We were looking at these verses in John 8, about truth and freedom, when
one of the guys had a bit of an epiphany.
He looked up from his bible, turned to us, and said, “So what you are
telling me is that if I am not free it is because I’m believing something that’s
not true?” And we all stopped for a
minute, reflecting on what he had just said.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” I
responded. “As a matter of fact I
couldn’t have said it any better myself.”
Somehow in his own beautifully simple way, he had taken a profound
theological truth and made it incredibly practical. So much so that I still remember it to this
day. In fact, whenever I am feeling
particularly tied up or bound by something that I can’t quite put my finger on
I will ask myself, “Since I am not feeling free at this moment, what am I
believing that is not true?” Because the
truth always sets us free. (Being with Jesus by Jim Branch)
Prayer
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, help us to really
believe the truth, about who you are and about who we are in you, and let that
truth set us free. Amen.
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