Spiritual Slavery

rom today's Tabletalk devotional based on Romans 6:15-23:
Scripture knows nothing of an autonomous existence in which we have no master to serve. We are made to be servants, and we will serve either the mast of sin or the master of righteousness -- God Himself. We cannot serve the master of righteousness apart from God's grace, and if He has bought us with the blood of Christ, we will -- imperfectly but truly -- serve Him.