Set Free!

"Christ has set you free" is one of my favorite Biblical truths.  This truth is something that when it hit me, and I could fully stand in the grace of God, the freedom I felt was life-changing.  I recognized that God didn't care nearly as much about my performance as I did.  He was more interested in my heart and its transformation.  This is not a truth I had fully grasped for a long time, and I'm not sure that I fully grasp it now.  However, the life-giving Spirit that flows within me, now that I am able to be in Christ, is so much more that I ever thought Christianity could be.  Freedom in Christ isn't something to be handled lightly, nor is it something to be grasped in an instant.  It takes a lifetime of trusting the One who can do something about my condition and recognizing that my performance is not the focus, but rather my heart.  And changing the heart changes the performance.  Thanks be to God who has given us such a gift in Jesus!