Held close to Jesus by love.
SCRIPTURE: Philemon (NIV) 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow-worker,
OBSERVATION: In Clark’s Commentary we read, “some think that the term “prisoner…” should have been translated “bound with a chain.” Very likely Paul was bound with a chain to the arm of a Roman soldier. Yet Paul describes himself not as a prisoner of Rome, but as “a prisoner of Christ Jesus.”
The cords of love that bound Paul to Jesus were stronger than the chains of Rome that bound him to the soldier.
APPLICATION: Whose prisoner am I today? What chains are binding me? To what am I bound?
Like Paul, am I a prisoner of Christ Jesus? I already know what His love for me motivated Him to do; what has my love for Jesus motivated me to do today?
PRAYER: Lord, like R.K. Carter wrote in his song, “Standing on the Promises” I want to be “bound to you eternally by love’s strong cord.” Amen.
Pastor Leon
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