Scripture: John 8:31–36; Galatians 5:1–14

“We gravitate toward rule-based limitations – they make us feel safe – rather than trusting and submitting to the Holy Spirit’s guidance in our lives, daring to live in the freedom we’ve been given.... God’s grace is not juxtaposed against God’s call to live a holy life – grace inspires gratitude that motivates us to want to please God.” –Cleta Crisman, Fruit of the Vine

Query: Which direction do you tend to go – focusing on behavior management for approval, or using your freedom for yourself?

If this is Jubilee

What land will I restore?

What debts erase?

And to what ancestral home

Shall I return?

If Jubilee is yet to come

May my hands stay open

And my heart stay free

May I live without indenturing

Myself to you

Or you to me

Was forty years not enough time

To learn to trust provision?

Manna, every day

And twice on Fridays

–Bethany Lee, The Breath Between