Freedom in Christ

Lately I've been seriously convicted on my misuse of this phrase. Do I seek to justify my actions or to look more like Christ? Sadly, most of the time, it's the former rather than the latter. In Galatians 2 and Acts 15 we see Paul strongly oppose those that say men must be circumcised. Titus wasn't and yet Timothy was. Was Timothy being legalistic? Of course not! He was called to minister to the Jews and knew that being uncircumcised would hinder the Gospel. Yet Titus was called to minister among the Gentiles, so he was not. Circumcision is nothing, it is the heart God is looking at. (1 Samuel 16:7) In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul discusses eating food that has been offered to idols. The conclusion is, "Whether you eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God." Can I say that that is my end goal? Is that the lens through which I filter all decisions? I mean everything. My jokes, my choice of movies, or pastimes. Every word that comes from my mouth. Not even close, but it should be. "For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God." Galatians 2:19 The purpose of my freedom in Christ is not for me, not so I can do  whatever I want, but so I might be free to live for God instead of for the law. Do I look like a PG version of the world or do I look like Christ? What a radical difference that is! So my goal is to be more like Christ, not because I have a righteousness of my own, but because my savior died for me and deserves nothing less, because I have been crucified with Christ and it is him that lives in me.