The Emancipation Proclimation had been signed. The battles had been fought. The war had been had been won. Yet, people were still enslaved for years because the news had not reached them. Then on June, 19th 1865 a group of union soldiers brought the message of freedom to the last slaves in Galveston, Texas. Today commemorates that day and the announcement of freedom! That is something to celebrate!!! Today we REMEMBER the past, we CELEBRATE freedom for all, and we PRAY for a better tomorrow!
As I have thought about this holiday and all that is represents, I couldn’t help but think about the Freedom that we have in Jesus:
The freedom for all humanity was purchased on the cross. The battle was fought. The war was won. Our God was victorious! Satan no longer has a hold on humanity. We are not slaves to sin. We are all children of the most high God. We are free from any stronghold the enemy would try to set up in our life. We don’t have to live one more day without hope! However, many in our world today are still enslaved because they haven’t heard the news. Maybe they have heard about religion, but religion cannot set people free. Religion only enslaved them more. They haven’t heard the freedom that is found in a real relationship with Jesus!
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
Jesus (Luke 4:18)
