This blog is about today’s devotion in the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.
Today’s devotion tells us that when Jesus died on the cross, that freed us from the legalism of the Old Testament. This doesn’t mean that we are encouraged to be lawless or lazy, but that we are free to hear from God and listen to Him for direction. And when we mess up, He meets us there with grace.
This past month, I’ve been really focusing on changing my religious views to “relationship” instead of “religion.” What I mean when I say this is that I am working on building that relationship with Jesus instead of working on making sure my life and my works appear perfect. That doesn’t mean the works aren’t important, but they will come naturally as I grow up in Christ.
Jason Gray’s song, “More Like Falling in Love,” focuses on this idea that we need to stop focusing on “religion” and start to work on our “relationship” with God. One line in the song says, “All that religion ever made of me was just a sinner with a stone tied to my feet; it never set me free.” That line always sticks out to me because it is so true. God’s laws are not easy to follow. I mess up on a daily basis. The Law does not set us free; it condemns us. But because of the love of Jesus and what He did on the cross, we are set free from the Law and offered forgiveness!
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