“Therefore
if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36 NKJV
President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous four freedoms
speech outlined basic principles that he wanted to assure Americans would be
theirs. They were freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and
freedom from fear. Those are things we have come to expect as Americans, but no
political ruler can guarantee them and many have tried to undermine them. They
are, however, things we are absolutely promised in Scripture by the sure
declaration of God.
No one can ever stop us from freely speaking to Him. If
our mouths were sewn shut we could speak to Him with our heart and mind. No one
can take away our freedom to worship Him. If our churches were all closed we
could still worship Him as we should every day, sincerely from our heart of
love and thankfulness that He is our God. No one can abrogate our freedom from
want for He has said, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I’ll not want.” All the
promises of His care and love are certain until we are called into His presence
with thanksgiving. No one can take away our freedom from fear for the King of
the universe has said, “Lo, I am with you always.”
Today we celebrate the freedoms we have as Americans.
They are things we have come to expect, but they are things that rulers are and
will try to undermine. No man can undermine the promises of God. He has sent
His Son to free us from sin and death. He has given us His Holy Spirit as the
guarantee of things not seen. If we know Christ as our Savior then we are truly
free indeed.
Dear Father, Thank
You for our nation that has long stood for the freedoms named in our constitution.
Thank You so much more for the freedoms that are ours forever in the Name of
Your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
You can
contact me and find inspiring Christian books at my website: www.davidccraig.net
You may also
find some of my selected daily devotions at http://blog.febc.org/
You may also
enjoy the Gospel dog blog, “The Gospel According to Molly”, and the Alzheimer’s
blog, “Taking Care of Joe” both found on my website.
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