Tuesday, September 4, 2012

HIS LOVE SHINES (09-03-12)


1 Corinthians 4:5
“…for He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God.”

At noon, with the sun shining brightly, would you need a flashlight to find your way home?  Of course not.  But we would need the light in the night.  For without light, we would all be blind, seeing nothing, cannot do anything, stumbling in the dark and living forever in pitch black darkness.

A sinful heart, similarly, is a heart hidden in darkness.  That heart is detached from God, not seeing the light, cannot do anything good, stumbles easily to temptations.  Darkness represents what is evil that turns anything good into bad.  Such is in the heart of men.  Such is the heart of every men.  Such is the heart that Jesus wants to bring to light.

God is light and God is good.  Light symbolizes what is good, holy, pure, and true.  The light shows us both the good and the bad in our world.  But when we walk in the light, all of life is revealed to us, and the same Light invites us to live a full life in and with the Lord.  For with God, there is no darkness.

To be in the light is to be in the presence of God.  To be in the light is to be fully in God within our spirit, which lives eternally, and displayed through the representation of our earthly body.  As believers in God, we must have Jesus Christ to be our force that gives us light each day by believing in Him.

Darkness of the heart is evil.  Learn to live our lives shining in His radiance through Him.  Ask God to enter our hearts, and let His love shines through.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, like sheep who go astray, we have wandered from Your paths of life and light.  We have heard the Shepherd's voice calling us by name, but we have turned instead to our own way.  Show us your tender mercy; restore us in the security of your fold.  Fill us with your Spirit, that we might bear glad witness to your saving mercy, revealed to us through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen +

Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.

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