Today's readings are Psalm 92.8-15, 1 Samuel 1.1-20, and Galatians 5.1-26.
Our God works in unexpected ways. Through the barren Hannah he brings forth the prophet/priest Samuel, who will serve as the last of the judges and will anoint the first of the kings of Israel. Through the proclamation of the Gospel he sets his people free from the law of sin and death, delivering us out of slavery.
We often worry about the free proclamation of the Gospel. Paul sums it up in Galatians 5.13-15, where he commands us not to use our freedom as license to cause harm, but rather to love one another. True freedom from the Law makes God's people into a people who live and spread the Gospel of peace. Christ has broken down the enmity between God and man. Has he not broken down the enmity that we have with our fellow man? Let us love our Lord and live out the Gospel, showing in ourselves and to one another the freedom that Christ has given us.
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