The celebration of our Independence as a Nation is always a great time to reflect and remember that we are nothing apart from God’s providence. Yes, there have been checked parts of our past and even in our present, but this is still the greatest Nation that has ever been. No other Nation has given hope to as many people as the United States of America. No other nation provides the freedoms that we enjoy. No other nation gives its citizens the opportunities to succeed, to thrive, and to help their brothers and sisters in need as ours. Even in times of great civil unrest as we see today, no other country allows it citizens to express so freely their discontent.
It is great to be an American.
You and I are the beneficiaries of many who have gone before, who had in their hearts to set this country on a course that would be shinning light to the world. Whatever their motives may have been there is no doubt that at its core our country was established with the understanding that God had a course, that God had a purpose for this nation at such a time as this.
1 Peter 2:9 says “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
Yes, even today, God calls people to this fulfill His purpose throughout the world.
And God has no doubt used groups of people called nations to be agents of His work on earth at various times and places.
The United States has been such a place as this. God has used other great civilizations in the past 2000 years. And if you have noticed they have come and gone. Many would simply state this is just the ways of the world.
But is there something more to earthly kingdoms rising and falling?
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