Dante Marcellous Means (www.bandofchristians.com) is a friend and leader in SHOUT Ministries. Below he is sharing his thoughts around the inauguration and birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks, Dante. And may God give us all strength and courage to follow His will.
Is it mere coincidence the first settlers arrived in Virgina 400 years prior to the year Obama decided to run for Presidency , and biblicaly the Israelite people were in bondage to the Egyptians 400 years. Maybe we can count it coincidence that after the Israelites arrived in the forest that they tarried in for forty years due to disobedience to God, and likewise after Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 we tarried in the wilderness of lost identities for forty years in America due to the same disobedience to God. I could even dismiss the fact that Dr. King spoke in his last sermon that he has been to the mountain top and he stated he saw the promised land; likewise Moses also saw the promised land yet like King never made it to the promised land. Even more facinating Obama stays true to biblical reference in his Innaguration day speech. He speaks of being strong and courageous several times throughout his historic speech. Like Obama in the first chapter of Joshua it is repeated several times for Joshua to be very strong and courageous. Biblicaly Joshua was the leader of the Israelites after Moses died. Our charge as people, even as Americans, can be found in the text of Joshua. It includes being strong and very courageous in what the Lord has asked each one of us to do individually and collectively.
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