For April 26, 2026
Freedom? by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
PAUL’S LIFE JOURNEY is something we can all learn from. We first meet him as a young zealot for his Jewish religion (Acts 8:1); we last see him aged, contentedly preparing for death, and that which comes after (cf. 2 Tim. 4:6). He did not get from the one to the other in a single step, and neither shall we. But get there we must, and best so if we have put to rest the cares of this world in preparation for the next. Paul made his journey one trial at a time, but his consistency throughout his trials gave him victory over self and selfish desires; he learned to divest himself of the thoughts, actions, and material resources that kept him from freedom in Christ. His words echo across the millennium and centuries and into our lives today: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 6:1)