“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.” – Psalms 115:3
Happy 4th of July everyone! I thought it fitting to stop and pounder on the freedom of God this month since we celebrate our freedom as a nation this month. When we stop and pounder the freedom of God, we see that He is the only truly free in the universe, because He cannot be hindered from doing His will. He is not constrained nor contained by anything outside of himself; his is completely free to do whatever he wants to do. God is not under any authority or restraint there is no person or force that can ever dictate what he should or will do. And while we can imitate God in his freedom when we exercise our will and make decisions, all those decisions are ultimately subject to God’s will. Proverbs 16:9 makes this biblical concept clear, “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” Even nations leaders are subject to God’s will, Proverbs 21:1 says, “the king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.” So let’s celebrate not only the freedom we have as US citizens, but let’s pounder the freedom of God. The only one truly free!
