Freedom in Christ

I have been doing a series on celebrating freedom in Christ during July. How often we take any freedom we have for granted. I remember when doing a jail ministry in Houston at Harris County, one day a week I would spend five hours 'inside" the facility. It would always a joyous moment to hear the door shut behind me when I left the facility and reentered the world of the free. Our freedom in Christ is a precious gift, given to us not so we can do as we please, but so we can please Christ. A freedom from sin, condemnation, fear and doubt that privides the position to live in a manner worthy of Christ. My freedom in Christ is a freedom for Christ. I am now free to do His will, to follow in His steps and live to His praise. I am now free from the littleness of a selfish life, and am living in the vast ocean of His grace, for His glory. Some talk that our freedom in Christ is a freedom from responsibility, holiness, obedience, etc. The freedom in Christ is the freedom to be who I couldn't be without Christ and to do what I couldn't do until He set me free from the prison of sin and selfishness.