[The Glory Unveiled]
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. ( John 8:34 )
Stability and productivity are key instruments for measuring and checking growth. It’s a pointer to the height and position one has attained. As Believers, who are heirs of God, our stability in the things of God is paramount to our participation in the realities of the Kingdom. Many things may contribute to our soundness in the faith, our stability and productivity but instability is tied to a few things. One of which is trying to lay our own foundation; trying to do for ourselves what only Christ Jesus could do for us. In the verse of Scripture above, the root of instability and unfruitfulness is exposed. Implied in that scripture is the fact that, anytime someone assumes the position of irresponsibility and instability, they have been enslaved by a particular sin. Anyone caught in the loop of a sin that easily entangles them is slave to that way of life and such a person, without the freedom that Jesus gives cannot be productive in anything. They cannot be stable in the Lord. A slave in the natural sense has no personal sense of direction. They cannot decide to go in a particular direction and stick to it to the end. The reason is, when their master demands for their service, they give up every and any other thing just to please their master. It is also like that with any person enslaved by entangling sins (Hebrews 12:1). We only have freedom to be productive and stable when we are truly freed by the word of God.
Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, I give up my ways and my will. Free me from the sins that easily entangle me. Make me productive and stable in you.
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