Romans 7:6
"But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter."
As a believer, we are dead to an old way life. The old has gone and the new has come. We've been made brand new. Born again.
But that doesn't mean we won't sometimes find ourselves not only longing for our old life, and even pursuing it from time to time as we are enticed by its deceptions. But the bottom line is this: We are no longer held captive by that old way of life. We no longer have to serve it, nor need to try to please God through religious practice. Through faith in Jesus Christ, we are filled with the Spirit and now able to serve God according to this new life.
As those touched by the Spirit, our service to God is not one in which we try to earn God's love, but we serve the Lord because God first loved us. In thankfulness for God's love, we give ourselves fully to the Lord as bondservants, owing a debt which can never fully be repayed.
We no longer serve God in order to have the right to come into his presence. Instead, we minister to the Lord according to the Spirit which lives in us and testifies of the righteousness of Christ. As the Lord's very own, we're invited into God's presence as a cherished son.
We no longer serve God in fear, worrying about sin's condemnation, for with the Spirit's touch, we've been made new. We've been redeemed and belong to Christ. The blood of Christ pays sins price, so our service doesn't have to be for our salvation, but is given in thankfulness.
As a believer, we are all ministers to Christ and to his church, serving in the newness of the Holy Spirit which abides within us.
LORD JESUS
Lord, I thank you for allowing me to serve you in the newness of your Spirit, no longer worried about my efforts coming up short in your sight. Thank you for accepting my every ministry. Amen.
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