“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!” John 8:36.  The freedom our country celebrates today is national freedom.  Do we remember what the freedom was from?  Our forefathers fought for religious freedom as well as taxation freedom.  We were not going to be a country flying another country’s flag.  We stood for a freedom that had not been recognized in the old country.

Today, I celebrate two freedoms which have similarities, but are very different.  The one freedom is what July 4th is all about:  our national freedom from the bondage of ownership by England.  I am not a historian by any means, but I do know our country wanted to proclaim itself free to be and do as its leaders decided–not what our leaders wanted and then OK’d by another set of leaders.  We paid a steep price for this liberty.  The second freedom I celebrate is one that cost me nothing.  God had His Own Son Jesus pay the price that I could never pay no matter how good of a fighter I might be.  This freedom humbles me and brings me to my knees in gratitude and tears of thanksgiving.

The spiritual freedom our forefathers fought to obtain will only be maintained if we don’t lose sight of its ongoing importance in keeping our other freedoms.  God is our One and only King, Ruler, Guide and Intimate Friend.  Yet, if we let our country lose sight of this, we cannot maintain the other rights to freedom.  Man cannot forget that even though man fought for this freedom, the greater battle was one known as a spiritual one–Jesus Christ fought this one for us and WON.

Lets wave our flags of freedom today but lets not forget to wave our thanksgiving to God our Father and Jesus Christ His Son.  The one freedom cannot maintain itself if this truth is forgotten by our nation–One Nation Under God!