Who’s Your Mommy
🔥 Who’s Your Mommy?
We don’t like to talk about slavery.
We’ve rebranded it with words like “habits,” “issues,” or “strongholds.” But in Galatians 4, Paul doesn’t pull punches. He says, “You’re either a child of the slave woman or of the free.”
It’s not about your church attendance.
It’s not about your doctrinal accuracy.
It’s about who your mother is.
And the crazy part? He’s not talking about genetics—he’s talking about theology.
📖 Two Mothers. Two Covenants.
Paul rewinds the clock to Abraham. You remember him—the one who was promised a child in his old age.
But Abraham didn’t wait. He and Sarah took matters into their own hands and had a child through Hagar, the servant. His name was Ishmael.
Later, the child of promise—Isaac—was born through Sarah.
Paul says these two women represent two covenants:
Hagar = Mount Sinai = the law = bondage
Sarah = the heavenly Jerusalem = the promise = freedom
And then Paul asks the Galatians a question that hits hard: Why are you choosing to live like you’re Hagar’s kids when you’ve been born of Sarah?
⚖️ Law Can’t Make You Free
This wasn’t just a theological argument—it was personal. Paul had preached freedom to these believers. They had tasted grace. They had the Spirit. But now they were trading it in for performance-based righteousness.
Because law feels safe. It’s predictable. You can measure it.
But that safety is a trap.
Like Hagar, the law gives birth to slaves. And once you’re in that system, you’re never enough. Your value is tied to your output. Your holiness is tied to your hustle.
I know this because I lived it.
💥 My Life with Hagar
I built a whole version of faith on performance. It looked righteous. It felt intense. But it was still slavery. I thought if I prayed enough, fasted enough, soul-won enough, God would bless me.
But my bus route was empty. My prayers were dry. My heart was tired.
And then I heard the whisper: Maybe God isn’t real… or maybe He just doesn’t like me.
That’s when I met grace.
Grace didn’t look like what I expected. It didn’t show up with results. It showed up with rest.
Not laziness. Not apathy. But a quiet freedom that said, You don’t have to earn your way in. You’re already mine.
🕊 Live Like You're Free
Paul says, “Cast out the bondwoman and her son.” That might sound harsh—but he’s not talking about people. He’s talking about the system.
Kick out the scorecard.
Evict the anxiety.
Remove the pressure to perform.
You don’t need law to be loved.
If you’re living like a slave, ask yourself: Who’s your mommy?
Because if you’ve been born again, your lineage is freedom. Your inheritance is grace. And your life—your whole identity—is not rooted in what you do, but in who Jesus is.
That’s not a cute theology. It’s a call to action.
So stop visiting the slave house. You don’t live there anymore.