Sandy Zalecki
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"God is faithful, who will..with the temptation also make a way to escape." 1 Corinthians 10:13
My husband will be doing a concert on the 4th of July and he is feverishly learning the song, "Proud to be and American." In that song it talks about freedom. However in the United States the word freedom is more often being defined as some sort of utopia where people may do as they please without the bias restriction of another person. Ironically, as man becomes more selfish the more he becomes enslaved by the laws of a nation claiming to be free.
There must be a broader, deeper definition of freedom. There is the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who were sentenced to death because they would not worship the king's idol.
These men had suffered everything that our world called repression. They were captives in a foreign land, denied not only the right to go where they pleased, but the freedom to worship whom they pleased. In short, they were deprived of all the liberties that modern man feels they deserve. Yet they were free in the true sense of the word.
True freedom of religion was dramatically proven as the Man whom they had always had the divine right to worship appeared in the fire and walked with them. By this appearance God teaches us a powerful lesson: Freedom is not the absence of fiery trials; it is the ability to withstand them victoriously.View attachment 4399
My husband will be doing a concert on the 4th of July and he is feverishly learning the song, "Proud to be and American." In that song it talks about freedom. However in the United States the word freedom is more often being defined as some sort of utopia where people may do as they please without the bias restriction of another person. Ironically, as man becomes more selfish the more he becomes enslaved by the laws of a nation claiming to be free.
There must be a broader, deeper definition of freedom. There is the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who were sentenced to death because they would not worship the king's idol.
These men had suffered everything that our world called repression. They were captives in a foreign land, denied not only the right to go where they pleased, but the freedom to worship whom they pleased. In short, they were deprived of all the liberties that modern man feels they deserve. Yet they were free in the true sense of the word.
True freedom of religion was dramatically proven as the Man whom they had always had the divine right to worship appeared in the fire and walked with them. By this appearance God teaches us a powerful lesson: Freedom is not the absence of fiery trials; it is the ability to withstand them victoriously.View attachment 4399
