Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

The first official Independence Day took place in a little synagogue in Nazareth. Jesus took the book of Isaiah and read:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted and to announce that captives shall be released and the blind shall see, that the downtrodden shall be freed from their oppressors, and that God is ready to give blessings to all who come to him” ~ Luke 4:18-19.

 God’s first covenant with the nation Israel was through the Law where he promised the people prosperity and healing of their land if they would obey. Today, the New Covenant we have is through the sacrifice of Jesus and is a promise to all of God’s faithful children. Our promise is not necessarily the prosperity of wealth, although it could be, but more so the fulfilment of being prospered spiritually through the Holy Spirit.

In America, as we annually celebrate Independence Day in July, we are reminded of the blessings we’ve been given. We are a great nation of freedom and liberty; it’s true, there is none better. But always remember that one is only truly free through the blood of Jesus, who took the fall for us on the battlefield of that cruel Roman cross.

May your true independence come today through the healing balm of the one true God, Jesus Christ. By the stripes of his blood-stained back while on the cross, we are healed.