Galatians 4:1-7 1 Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves great wealth for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had. 2 They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set. 3 And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world. 4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. 6 And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father. 7 Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you.(NLT) We have been set free from the spiritual powers of this world. When we except Christ as our Lord and Savior we are set free from the old life to live in the new life in Christ. To go back or to continually go back to the old life is a waste. Don’t buy into the old lie that the old life or the old days are or were better than now, it is not. Christ died to give us everything. Christ died to make us joint heirs with Him. Therefore what God has given Christ He has given us. All that God has promised has been fulfilled in and through Christ. The old life is dead. Stop trying to revive your old dead stinky self but live in the new man in Christ. Stop wallowing in self pity and self destruction and look up to Christ and do not take your eyes off of Him. Jesus didn’t say life on this earth was going to be easy but He is going to right there with you every step of the way. The best thing to do is to get out of your own way and let Christ lead because He knows the way, just follow Him. When we take the lead all we do is get lost but when Christ is in the lead we have peace and joy. Keep looking up to Jesus because He is the only one you can truly trust to lead you. Sponsored by Men’s Ministry Our Mission is to Lead Men into a Growing Relationship with Jesus Christ