Slavery and Servitude

This is a post I wrote while at Ihop East Bay. (International house of prayer, not pancakes.) Hope you enjoy it.

If you really think about it, we're all slaves or servants. I would consider myself a servant to God. And yet, I still say I'm free. A lot of people would think slavery and servitude are the same thing. But the biggest thing is in the choice. God set me free and showed me love. Because of that love, because He set me free, I chose to serve Him. I chose to give myself to Him, and He freed me from the bonds of slavery to sin. And now I have a burning desire to serve Him more and more. To give Him everything I have, everything I am. To make myself His. Sure I'll still mess up sometimes, because I am no where close to perfect and still sin. We all do, every day. But I'm not bound by it anymore. It's not who I am, it's who I was. And the closer I get to God, the less I even want to. I'm a servant, not a slave. There is a difference. And I would much rather serve someone as holy and wonderful as Jesus than be a slave to all the garbage and sin in this world. And as a servant I am free. Sin blinds and breaks us. Jesus takes off our shackles, picks us up off the ground, dusts us off and cares for our wounds. He treats us fairly and will never hurt us for something we do, though we may hurt ourselves at times. But what do you think the better choice is? God as our master and guide, or our own broken hearts and messed up minds?

Existence

Sometimes we think about God and wonder "how could He exist?" Well, here's another question. How could we exist? There's been a lot of ideas and theories, but no facts. We just do. So why should it be impossible for God to exist just because we don't know how? I mean, people used to think the world was flat and you could sail right off the edge. Is this true? Not at all. They didn't think the earth being round was possible. So why should it be impossible for God to exist? It's really not. Just because we can't see or touch it, doesn't mean it's not there. People couldn't see other galaxies before the telescope. Does that mean they didn't exist or magically appeared when a telescope was invented? Of course not! Just because we can't SEE God does not in any way mean He isn't there. But we can see the things He does through others and ourselves. People who are sick or hurt being healed. The dead being raised. That stuff goes on today. Right now. It isn't just a story. I myself have seen people's injuries healed. I've even been sick and had someone pray for me for a few minutes and I was perfectly fine afterwards. Even though we can't see God with our eyes, we should run after Him with all we have. He's always there. Always speaking to us. Always calling us. But will you listen?