Keep Walking Tall!

During my basic training in the U.S. Air Force, our drill sergeant worked hard week after week to transform our unit from a group of slouching civilians into a company of men who stood straight and walked tall. It was not an easy job. When he said, “You’re looking good” at the end of our training period, we felt proud of who we were and how we had changed.

That experience comes to mind when I read Leviticus 26:13, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.”

After 400 years of slavery and hard labor, the people of Israel were burdened and discouraged. But under Moses‘ leadership, God brought them out of bondage and put them on the road to a new life of freedom through obedience to Him.

It’s a vivid reminder of what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. Paul wrote, “Stand fast …. in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).

We don’t need to be bowed down with our sin. As we embrace the freedom of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, we can hold our heads high and keep walking tall!

Beloved,  remember that there are no dead ends on the road of obedience to God (Romans 6:17-18).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets