Today's readings are 1 Samuel 1.1-20 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Sam.+1.1-20 ) and Galatians 5.1-26 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Gal.+5.1-26 ).
Our reading in Galatians has bookends in verses 1 and 26. See the freedom we have? See how we are to stand firm in that freedom? Now look at all the things we are to do because of the freedom we have in Christ. In the final analysis, the more we try to do things the more we will run into error. The more we try to care for our salvation through our works, the more we will choke out the fruit the Spirit grows. And notice, as we close this very brief post, that we have a contrast between the "works" of the flesh (that which we do) and the "fruit" of the Spirit (which grows according to the Spirit, not based on anything we do). We can't do fruit. Only God can grow fruit. Best not to try to stand in his way.
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