THE MORE HIS, THE MORE FREE. The psalm summons us to offer ourselves to God, acknowledging that we are not our own (verse 3). This self-offering is to be conducted with delight and joy (verses 1–2). Neither moralistic religion (which sees obedience as necessary drudgery in order to put God in our debt) nor modern self-determination (which sees the loss of independence as a kind of death) can grasp this. Christians have an enhanced motivation for joyful self-giving. “You are not your own; you were bought at a price” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). This indeed makes obedience a delight, a way to know,
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