February 19

2 Samuel 7:23
 
“What one nation in the earth is like Thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to Himself, and to make Him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for Thy land, before Thy people, which Thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”―2 Samuel 7:2323And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? (2 Samuel 7:23).
THE covenanted blessings were not for David alone, but for the nation as such—that nation Israel whom God had redeemed from bondage and brought into the liberty which they enjoyed under His gracious care. While Israel stands out pre-eminently as the nation of God’s choice (Amos 3:22You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. (Amos 3:2)), yet any other people has similar reasons for thanksgiving and acknowledgment of the divine intervention on their behalf which He has watched over and blessed with the knowledge of His Word, as in the case of our own America, and other favored peoples in the world today. How jealously we should guard the privileges bestowed upon us!
“Rejoice, O land, in God thy might,
His will obey, Him serve aright.
For thee the saints uplift their voices
Fear not, O land, in God rejoice.
He shall forgive thy sins untold:
Remember thou His love of old;
Walk in His way, His Word adore,
And keep His truth for evermore.”
—Robert Seymour Bridges.