I Choose This?

“I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.”

-Ps 119:45

     I came across this verse while I was reading my Bible this morning, and it really stuck with me. How strange this probably seems to most people! They look at us and see people who are slaves to rules and to outdated religious ideals.

     “What would happen if you cut your hair?” They ask, almost as if expecting us to reply that we would immediately fall over dead, or, perhaps be excommunicated from our families and church. “Do you like, have to wear skirts?”

     “No!” We tell them time and time again, “This isn’t something we have to do, it’s something we choose to do.”

     “Wait, you choose to do this?!”

     Sometimes, I think we can act like the unnamed interrogater above. We change from saying, “I choose this,” to questioning, “I choose this??” We forget this incredible freedom that we have in God. We can begin to look at holiness and standards like it’s something dooming us to a life of sticking out like a sore thumb.

     That is completely opposite from the truth! Before, we were slaves to sin, the end result being an eternity of pain and torture, an eternity completely separated from God. But now, we have the freedom to follow God and His commands. (Romans 6)

     Be confident in the freedom you have!