Freedom

My bible reading for this morning 

was Matthew 17:22-27

where Jesus told Peter to go and get the 

first fish from the sea and in it he would find a coin

to pay the temple tax for both of them.

Jesus said, "The subjects are exempt."

In some translations, it says, 

"the sons" of kings are exempt.

We are sons and daughters of the 

King of Kings! We are princes

and princesses. We are exempt,

FREE, paid for.

When we do not remember or realize

this truth, we can be enslaved by so many things-

anxiety, insecurity, fear, sin, etc.

So many things can hem us in.

Like the prodigal son, we may think

it freedom to go off and do anything we want.

But he learned the hard way.

The real freedom is the freedom to

do the Father's will, to live according to the laws

He gave us for our good! 

Linking with

Spiritual Sundays.
Graceful for Hear it on Sunday,
Use it on Monday,