It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. (Psalm 118:8 ESV)
Dependence
I wonder, sometimes, what God thinks of our Independence Day concept and celebration. Every year in July Americans celebrate our independence from foreign rule. But our independence, we are taught, was earned in blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
In other words, it was bought, earned, and paid for.
And we cherish the thought of that kind of independence.
But our dependance on God is exactly the opposite. We did not buy it, earn it, or pay for it.
Our dependance on God is the result of Christ Jesus. His life, His death, and His life allow us to have immediate and ultimate dependance on the One True Living God.
But we do not seem to cherish it as richly as we cherish our independence.
This year, remember the blessing of God’s Grace that gives us dependence on Him… which is more reliable than our independence, more important than our independence, and more real than our independence.
What a blessing dependence is.