MY FREEDOM STORY // WEEK 3

Oftentimes we approach the Bible like a repair manual or a cookbook. We want a formula that will help get our lives back on track or a recipe that will cause our lives to turn out tasty and appealing. The reality is that the Bible is a book full of stories about people’s lives most of which are really messy. But messy is what provides a beautiful backdrop for the message of God grace! Without God’s redeeming grace appearing, our life story is just one more reality show. But what if instead of trying to clean ourselves up to make us look more presentable, our goal was that “people would glorify God because of me?” What if instead of all my dysfunction and drama being the focus, God and his work became the center of attention? Through the Gospel, God is able to take all the messy details of my life story, past, present and future and transform them into a new and living testimony that others can read. And in the process they are introduced to the author in all of His wisdom and beauty.