*Change Your Perspective* (II)


*DAILY DEW 4TH/JULY/2021*

*Change Your Perspective* (II)

_Key Bible Text:_
*Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.*
(Galatians 5:1 (KJV))

_Bible Insight:_

A few persons in history, gave this portion of scripture or its like, a literal interpretation. They had such strong perspective of this message, that it was exceptionally inscribed in their lifestyle. One of such outstanding figures was a woman of great capacity and gift, by name Harriet Tubman (a name she picked for herself, after she escaped slavery where she was named Araminta Harriet Ross, and was nicknamed “Minty” by her parents) 

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Born into slavery in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 to become the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Tubman risked her life to lead hundreds of family members and other slaves from the plantation system to freedom on this elaborate secret network of safe houses. A leading abolitionist before the American Civil War, Tubman also helped the Union Army during the war, working as a spy among other roles.

After the Civil War ended, Tubman dedicated her life to helping impoverished former slaves and the elderly. In honor of her life and by popular demand, in 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 bill.

What stands out for me, about this colored and extremely unique lady, whose exploits were well captured in the recent 2019 movie, called _Harriet_ , was her reasoning or perspective:- *"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other"* 

MEDITATION:
*The believer is called to live and stand in the divine liberty Christ had won for us through His death and resurrection. We must never allow the little pursuits of this life keep us in bondage to mundane, temporary ambitions that do not profit the soul nor yield eternal rewards* 

*#David_Joshua_Egbochuo*
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*#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus*
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*#Undeniable_lifting*
*#Hello_July* 🤗 ❤ 

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