legalism vs. love

Often times in the Christan faith we think of acting like Jesus died for us and now we can do our own thing is ok. I do not think that it is even slightly true. If a master comes to their slave and tells them they are free the person has two options, to go or to stay. If they choose to stay they stay out of love for the master. They are saying through their actions that they love the master and would do anything for him. The person is saying my life is forever yours. My every decision, thought and action belongs to you. They become bound to the master through love instead of legally.

When Jesus died on the cross he died out of love. When we chose to "Pick us our cross daily" we chose to be bound to him. Literally, everything in us belongs to Him.

So many people act as if only part of them belongs to him. They say "Hear God you can have this little bit of my life." They then keep the rest and live in there comfort bubble forever. We need to surrender EVERY part of our lives to Him. I know how hard it is to do. Many times I ask myself if I am completely ignoring him. It has to be a conscious decision to make God dance in joy over your life because of your decisions. I would rather sacrifice my comfort to walk in Gods best plan for my life then sacrifice Gods best plan  for comfort. I chose to be bound by love.