What
joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people
he has chosen for his own.
"I will cause your descendants to become as
numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these
lands. And through your descendants all the nations of
the earth will be blessed. I will do this because
Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements,
commands, regulations, and laws."
The
source of liberty
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men
who walked through the huts comforting others, giving
away their last piece of bread. They may have been few
in number, but they offer sufficient proof that
everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the
last of human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any
given set of circumstances—to choose one's own way.
For
Americans, July 4 has special meaning as we celebrate
Independence Day. There will be parades and picnics and
fireworks. It is a day to celebrate freedom—and to
recognize God as the true source of freedom and blessing
for any nation.
So much of our freedom today seems bound up in a world
driven by material possessions, yet those who died for
the liberty we enjoy often did so to obtain or preserve
freedoms of conscience—speech, religion, assembly,
among others. And much of the blessing we enjoy today
began with the promise God made to Abraham.
Content
is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation
and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House
