What I am going to share with you seemed pretty profound to me. I am sure it is nothing new and that others have already thought of and written about it. But for me it was a new thought that was a blessing and I want to share it with you and I pray that it will be a blessing to you as well.
A couple of days ago as I was doing social study’s with my daughter, we read about the pilgrims coming across the great sea to the New World. We all know the story.
As we were reading, a story from the Bible came to me, the story of the Children of Israel. They were in bondage, as slaves in the land of Egypt. They were not allowed to worship their God. Therefore many lost sight of Him. God came through Moses and brought them out of the land of bondage. They journeyed through the desert. It took them a very long time, many hardships, and many deaths. Then they came to the Promised Land, Canaan. They had to fight many battles but they had success because God was with them. God had given them the land. They were in a land flowing with milk and honey. They had everything they could possibly want, most of all freedom. But as time went by many forgot what God had really done for them. They chose a path of idol worship, corruption, and many evil things. God’s protection was slowly removed and they were taken captive more than one time by different countries. And when the Savior, Jesus Christ, came they did not even recognize Him. They rejected Him and crucified Him.
Now fast forward many years to the pilgrims. They were in bondage in England. They did not have the freedom to worship God because of this many lost sight of the true worship of God. But there were those few that did not. They sought freedom. Eventually there was a group that was led by God to make the long and dangerous journey to the Promised Land, the New World, America. They journeyed through the ocean waters and there were many hardships and many died in the journey and after they arrived. They finally made it and as time passed there were battles to secure their freedom in the New World, to escape the bondage of England. But finally this nation was separated from England and they were free. But as time has passed, this nation has forgotten the leading of God. Evil and corruption reign. Slowly God is pulling His protection from this nation. There are many that are in the captivity of sin. Evil abounds everywhere and soon there will be an end.
This leads me to another correlation, the Christian life. As a Christian, we have been rescued from the bondage of sin. There have been many battles to fight along the journey and there will be many more but God is with us. As time goes on in our journey it seems that Christians are losing their way. There are evils that are creeping into our lives. We may be doing things that we never thought we would ever do or go back to. God has called us out to be a different people, to not fit into the things of this world, for He has a better place planned for us. The question is, are we going to recognize Him when He comes? Or are we going to reject Him just as Israel did? We don’t have a lot of time left to decide and this time there will be no other chance, it will be over. As we forget our past history, we forget how God has led. We need to wake up and take notice, only the Lord can help us. Let us not repeat history in our own lives.
There are many, I will call them conspiracy theorist, which want to take God out of history. And this is not just worldly people; this is within the Christian community as well. As soon as we start taking God out of history we cannot see how God has led, we only see what is being told, the conspiracy theories, because it seems to make sense. God led the Children of Israel from Egypt and God led the pilgrims and the establishment of this country. No matter what others may say God is still in charge and He is leading. Stop looking at the news, the newspapers, Facebook, the web, or Christian speakers for your theories. God’s Word is our safeguard and we are told that God is the one that is in control, He places kings and takes down kings and He is going to finish the story and we do not know what that is but we can trust Him. Let’s just make sure that we are following the right story.
Dear Father,
Thank You that You have led us, our country, and our lives. We can choose our own way and some of us have, this corruption has come into our country as well as our lives. Help us to see as You see and empty the corruption out of our own lives so that we will be ready when You come. Thank You for Your patience and Your leading not only in our lives individually but also in the history of this world. Help us not to forget.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
As God has led us from bondage, let us live in freedom by surrendering to Him every area of our lives each day.
Love you all.
What area of your life have you seen the hand of God that helped you to know that God was there leading you, even when you may not have even known Him yet? I have heard stories where, when someone has finally found God, they can look back on their life, even while living in a life of sin, can see His leading. I would love to hear your story.