devotional

To the Jews who had believed Him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my
disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone.
How can you say that we shall be set free?"
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no
permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you
will be free indeed." (John 8:31-36)

I told God, "Lord what am I going to do if and when the day comes that she calls me to come
back to her? What am I going to say? How am I going to feel?" But God knew what the future
held for me ahead of that time. I shrugged my shoulders and could feel myself not wanting to
worry about it until the time came, if it came. Many times I had asked the same question only to
shrug my shoulders again, open my bible, and dive back into its pages. The moment that I
gave my old life up and decided to make Jesus my leader I began to study my bible. I wanted
to learn about this new life He had given me. I read and read some more. I was learning all
that God had for me. A disciple is just some one who's being taught. For the first 6 months of
my new life with Jesus I kept my eyes in the bible every chance that I could. First thing in the
morning, as soon as I got home from work in the evening, until I went to bed at night and even
more on my days off, there you would find me curled up on my sofa with God's Word. It was all
new to me. Months had gone by when all of a sudden I got that "phone call". It was her, my
ex-lover. I took the call. What did I say? Surprised at myself, and without even thinking, all I
could do was speak of what I had in my heart - Jesus. I explained to her what He had done for
me personally and encouraged her to seek Him too. Oddly enough, as crazy as I used to feel
about her, when she asked me to come back I didn't feel distracted by any kind of feeling that I
used to have for her. The feeling was no longer there. Jesus was already living big enough in
me to jump this hurdle. Did she get mad at me? No. She didn't say much as she cried over
the phone. Then we hung up and I felt completely at peace. Back then I didn't think I was a
slave to anything or anyone. But just try to move away from the life that you created for
yourself and see how impossible it becomes. So you remain in it. Wouldn't you call that
slavery? Thank God for Jesus. The love we find in Him is greater, deeper, higher, and wider
than any we will ever know. He is our final destiny, a place your heart can assuredly call home.
What was it that kept me free.........the bible Truths that I had been reading all along.