Sacrifice

We celebrate Intendance Day because of the great sacrifices people were willing to make nearly 250 years ago. We came to this continent to escape religious persecution and fought for the right to worship how we chose to worship. Not how some government told us to. Lives were sacrificed back then in a war so that we could worship freely today in peace.

Nearly 2,000 years ago another sacrifice was made so that we could worship the One True God. We are free to choose, but there really is only one choice - The Lord, Jesus. He's the One who sacrificed Himself so that we could live. Period. But again, the choice is ours whether or not to believe.

My question for today is this: Are we, today, as individuals and as a country, willing to fight for what we believe in? Each one of us must answer that question in our hearts.

"Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” - Joshua 24:14-15

Did you notice Joshua's action verb in verse 15? Choose! And when does he suggest that we make that choice? This day! Today!

Make a choice for Christ this day. Choose to sacrifice yourself for Jesus, just as He sacrificed Himself on the cross for us. Then celebrate your REAL Independence Day. Free from the bondage of sin. Crucify YOUR sin and rise again in a NEW life. Then, and only then, will you be free indeed!

"So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” - John 8:36