Independence Day
July 4, 2025
Psalms 33:8 (NASB95) Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
Psalms 33:12 (NASB95) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
“And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”
Happy Birthday, America! Today we celebrate “One nation, under God, indivisible…” , but in a time when there are forces that are trying to divide us. We are in a similar time to those in which Abraham Lincoln lived. (I was born in the land of Lincoln, so always like to quote good ole’ Abe.) In the time of the Civil War, there were those on both sides who quoted scripture and claimed that God was on their side. When someone asked President Lincoln if he believed that the North was on God’s side, he replied "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right." ~ Abraham Lincoln
In this simple saying, he highlighted the true issue; are we striving to be on God’s side? At another time, he quoted Psalm 33 which says that the nation is blessed who's God is the Lord. The Lord made the nations and is God of the whole earth, but He only will bless a nation who acknowledges Him. The answer for our nation’s revitalization is for a spiritual revival in which the people return to the Lord and call upon Him. When the people repent, and cease to call for the Lord to be on their side, but acknowledge their sin and strive to be on the Lord’s side, then peace can come. The forces of the evil one strive to foment civil war, strife and division, but if we as a people return to the Lord, he will bring peace, prosperity and reconciliation.
So today, as we celebrate the birthday of America, let us call upon God, the Lord of all the nations, to bless America, because we, as a people, are calling upon Him to be a people worth blessing. Cease striving and know that I am God. When we repent, and call upon Him, He will hear from heaven and heal our land.
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