The Law of the Spirit: Finding Freedom from Above

Dear reader -

Today I was meditating on Romans 8:2-4 and had a beautiful revelation about spiritual freedom. It struck me how we face these competing laws in our lives - God's external law making its demands, our mind's law that agrees with God, and that frustrating law of sin in our body that keeps fighting and defeating our good intentions.

But then I saw it - what a gift we have in our spirit! The law of the Spirit of life dwells right there within us. This isn't just any law - it's the most powerful force in the universe. Nothing can stand against it. No enemy, no circumstance, no inner struggle can defeat it. It's like having an unstoppable, spontaneous power source inside me.

I love how this law sets us free in such an unexpected way. It made me think about warfare - in the old days, surrounded soldiers had to fight their way through enemy lines. But now? We don't need to fight horizontally - we have vertical freedom! It's like having a spiritual helicopter lift us above the battle.

I imagined saying to my spiritual enemies: "You might seem powerful compared to me, but you're missing something crucial. My God isn't just in heaven - He lives in my spirit! And while I might struggle to reach heaven on my own, it's effortless for Him. So you can surround me all you want - I have an escape route you can't block. You're under my feet, and I am truly free!"

What an encouraging truth to hold onto. No matter what surrounds me, freedom is always within reach through the Spirit of life.

Until next time

Chaplain Mark