God: Life

Anyone remember that song "Move Your Dead Bones?"

Well a good long time ago, I first heard that song. The song caught my attention immediately and set up shop in my mind to be honest. I will never be able to forget the song, nor what I was immediately reminded of because of that song.

The song is actually a bad one though, I mean it's talking about being given new life to where you can do whatever you want without rules or anyone telling you what to do. But that's not what I heard or saw when I first heard that song. Nor is it what will forever go through my mind each time I hear it.

When I first heard it, God struck at my heart and made me remember quite a few things. Indeed without Jesus we're dead (spiritually speaking). Jesus came so that we might have life, and have it more abundantly! (John 10:10) Jesus, God . . . IS life! (John 14:6) When He enters our heart and our lives, He gives life to us. We are ALIVE now!! We were dead, but now are alive!

What is more, is that we are given total freedom! Before we do get saved, we are in bondage . . . we are chained up . . . and honestly forced to sin. We don't have a choice really (That doesn't excuse us though, because we're given the opportunity to accept the freedom through Jesus), we WILL sin because we kinda HAVE to sin because we are a slave to it! We can't help ourselves basically!

But when Christ comes along, we're set free from that! We no longer HAVE to sin. We are given complete and total freedom to do whatever we want: to sin, or to live righteously.

Check the Bible, it tells us that: We have the freedom . . . to sin if we want. God isn't going to stand in the way if we want to go and do whatever. However, there's a catch to that. When we sin, two things happen: We're basically going right back to where we were. We're going back to the chains and putting them on us and saying "Hey, it was fun, let me go back to doing this" AND we are killing ourselves spiritually once again. We were given life and freedom, but if we use that freedom to willfully go back to sinning, we put ourselves back in bondage, and death (Galatians 5:1,13; John 8:34-36; Romans 6:23)

That song was used as a huge reminder for me: God is my "reanimator." He gives me freedom. However . . . am I giving back to Him? Am I letting Him move my feet and hands and legs? Or am I simply ignoring Him and going back to doing whatever . . . getting myself back in the same muck I was in before?

Am I really letting God BE my "reanimator?" Am I letting His Life flow through me so that I can live and do what's right? We're given freedom to choose sin or righteousness, but it's only by letting Him flow through me, to move my arms, hands, legs, and feet, that I can actually DO what is right. So am I?

Are You?