Independence Day

According to Wikipedia

Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States

We all welcome days where we celebrate. There is a desire among each of us for colour and excitement. Independence Day is no different for Americans, it is a great day where all cares will be cast aside and they will party and celebrate.

This reminds me of the prodigal son who desired his independence. In Luke Chapter 15 he said “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.” He definitely wanted to party. It says that he “wasted his substance with riotous living.” His bother even commented to his father that he had “devoured thy living with harlots.”

We all want to do our own thing. We want to be in control. Nobody is going to tell us what to do. We are in charge of our own destiny! We are born with that nature where we want nothing to do with God and we want to go it alone.

If you are unsaved today I would encourage you to come to God for forgiveness and salvation. That is what the prodigal son did.

The Prodigal son said, “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father.”

I can never understand how the father loved His son after what he had done to him. It says in Luke that “when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” It is the same with our heavenly father. He is waiting to show His compassion to you even although you are a sinner.

For those of us who are saved we are not to be independent from God. We are to throw ourselves upon Him and to trust Him. The Bible says in Proverbs chaper 3 and verse 5 & 6 it says “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

As the USA celebrates its “Independence Day” let us celebrate our “dependence” on our God our Father.

Proverbs 3:7 says “Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”