Most
people in today's society walk around in the dark, but they do not know it.
They do not fear the Lord, obey His voice, trust in His name or rely on Him
(Isaiah 50:10).
They
face life without hope, living with uncertainty and a heavy load of care. They
are not experiencing the conscious blessings of the Lord
in their life.
Authentic
Believers have these same trials and adversity; yet, we do not live without
hope, and we walk in the Light, even as Jesus is in the light and is the Light
of the world (1 John 1:5-7).
Walking
in the Truth of God's Word, we follow His Spirit's direction each moment of the
day, even if we are experiencing darkness all around us.
We walk by faith, not by sight -
in Biblical discernment rather than our human knowledge and feelings (2
Corinthians 5:7). The peace and joy of the Lord reign supreme in our soul and
calms the troubled thoughts and emotions within us.
Jesus is God's Son, His Word; and
He is God who came to dwell among us on this earth (John 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:16;
Philippians 2:7). His sinless perfection abides within us and stirs us to love
and good works (Hebrews 10:23-25).
As a human being, He learned
obedience to God through the things that He suffered (Hebrews 4:15). As God, He
had the power to resurrect all of us from spiritual death (Hebrews 7:25).
He now abides within us as our
brother, future husband, co-heir to God's Kingdom and friend (John 15:13-15).
He always knows and understands exactly how we feel and what we are
experiencing in this sin-cursed world.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for giving
us Your Spirit, who brings to us the reality of the revelation of our
relationship with You. He will guide us into all truth and perfect us with the
mind and nature of Christ. He also comforts us during times of distress and
leads us each moment of every day to walk in the works, which You have called
us to perform.
Use us as a magnifying glass to
amplify You to the world around us. Make us examples of Christ and help us to
live as examples of His gospel story as He lives within us. We dedicate our
life to You as holy vessels of honor, and we choose to follow You all the days
of our life.
Thought for the Day:
The love of Christ within us
enables us to live in hope and to shed the bonds of discouragement, which
attempt to rob us of the love, peace and joy of our Lord.
