God is for Freedom

No matter what chaos is going on around us God is still willing and able to produce good growth in our relationships. God always starts with our relationship with Him. Romans 7:4 Amplified Bible says, "Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Bearing fruit for God is not about striving to follow rituals, but rather seeking a closer communion with God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit who lives on the inside of believers. Talking with God and studying the Bible are ways that God works through us to bear fruit. The fruit He is bearing is revealed in Galatians 5:22-23 Amplified Bible: "But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge]."

God made each person unique. The Apostle Paul warns us in the Bible book of Galatians not to get caught up in rituals as a way to have a relationship with God. When he wrote Galatians, some were teaching that circumcision is necessary for forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God. However, Galatians 5:6 Amplified Bible says, "For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love."

So if our relationships are different from other believers relationships that's not bad provided the difference is in alignment with the love of God. God gives us freedom in our relationships, but it's freedom to bear the fruit of God.

Chaos will come into our life because of a clash of those who are free in God and those who are not free in God. A daily challenge is to focus on God as He is revealed in the Bible. Talk to Him about how He is trying to plant and to develop fruit in you and others around you. Keep on living in God free to do good.