The old year, 2009 is quickly winding down and the new year is very quickly coming upon us. I am sure that all of us have things that we would like to break free of in the new year. I don’t just want to break free of things I want to live the promise. Today’s portion of Paul’s letter to the Galatians gives us some inspiration and encouragement to do just that.
Paul is visiting the law verses the gospel topic yet one more time. He uses the births of Abraham’s children Isaac and Ishmael to reinforce that the gospel is the source of life. Abraham’s one son was born to Hagar Sarah’s bond servant, slave woman. He was born in the ordinary way. This made her son, Ishmael, a slave. Abraham’s second son, Isaac, was born to Sarah, the free woman. He was born by the power of the Spirit in Sarah’s old age. He was the son of promise. He was a free man. Paul told them that the Scripture says to get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share the inheritance with the free woman’s son. Paul said to the Galatians in verse 31 “Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.”
The challenge before us is to break free and live the promise. We are ready to break free from the old year. I ask Is there pain, sorrow, grief, challenges that have a hold on you? Are there places that 2009 has you in bondage? We could use the analogy that 09 is an old covenant. Break free of the bondage that it may have brought you. Let’s break free from the slave woman, the grip that 2009 has on us and live the promise. As believers in Jesus Christ, children of God, children of promise.
My challenge to you today as we come to the end of 2009 and enter into 2010 is to break free from any bondage that 09 brought to you and live the life of promise that comes from God to you in 2010.
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