When you're short on time and want to spend a moment in God's Word, this devotional is a great choice. Dalene Reyburn shares short reflections on practical, relevant topics that will enrich your soul, body, and mind.

Truly Free

So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

Galatians 5:1 NLT

Instead of enjoying their newfound freedom in Jesus, the Galatians had gone back to their old ways, putting themselves on a strict diet of impossible law-keeping that made them feel holy (and hungry).

Sometimes we can be legalistic like that. If we get things right, we think we’re super-spiritual. If we get things wrong, we self-flagellate. We enslave ourselves to impossible ideals and when we (predictably) don’t reach them, we think, “I’m such a loser!”

We somehow believe we need to go on a grace detox, starving ourselves of the rich fruit God supplies in an attempt to pay for something He already paid for, in full. Jesus died so we’d be free and filled—never deprived of His love.