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We can learn much about the God of Abraham and Sarah, the God of our ancestors, the God of Isaac and Jacob. We can learn about the God who was made known through burning bushes and thundering skies. We can read the words in Exodus, where God says, “I have heard their cry ... I have seen their affliction.”
But to understand these words, to understand the depth of this God, try standing with our brothers and sisters in South Africa. Standing with them, we hear the promise of these words from Exodus in a new light. Desmond Tutu, a Black South African Anglican Bishop, reminds us of the depth of the God of the Exodus, when he says: “I have no doubt that one day we will all, black and white, be free, for God made us freely for freedom. And nothing in the end can frustrate God's purpose.”
We hear the promise of the words spoken to Moses so long ago in the words of the songs of the people of South Africa today: “Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, Freedom is coming, oh yes I know, oh yes I know.”
In standing with the oppressed today we will understand the power of God's promise to hear the cries of the afflicted.
But to understand these words, to understand the depth of this God, try standing with our brothers and sisters in South Africa. Standing with them, we hear the promise of these words from Exodus in a new light. Desmond Tutu, a Black South African Anglican Bishop, reminds us of the depth of the God of the Exodus, when he says: “I have no doubt that one day we will all, black and white, be free, for God made us freely for freedom. And nothing in the end can frustrate God's purpose.”
We hear the promise of the words spoken to Moses so long ago in the words of the songs of the people of South Africa today: “Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, Freedom is coming, oh yes I know, oh yes I know.”
In standing with the oppressed today we will understand the power of God's promise to hear the cries of the afflicted.
