“You have turned on my light! The Lord my God has made my
darkness turn to light.” Ps 18:28-29
Have you ever been in the dark without even a candle or the
moon for light? It is very, very dark. I learned this verse soon after a
Florida hurricane wiped out our electricity for eight days.
The only recourse we had was to go to sleep with the sunset
and wake with the sunrise. We eventually got a rechargeable flashlight that
lasted a few hours for those moments of emergency need. Life is often like
stumbling in a dark room.
In today's spiritual climate, our family, friends and
community are stumbling away from faith in God, and rejecting His loving arms.
They are choosing obscurity and death over an eternity with Him in His glorious
light.
In our lifetime, God uses technology, weather disasters,
constant wars, growing evil, and even celebrities in each generation to prove
to us that His Word is truth (John 17:17). Yet, people have scales over their
eyes and no spiritual ears to hear.
Sometimes, we Believers cause others to drift away from faith
in Christ. In our humanity we fail to witness to them (Ezekiel 3:18), or we are
poor examples to them of an authentic Believer (Psalm 23:3).
God sent His only begotten Son into the world to call
everyone to repentance and belief; Jesus even came back from the dead and lived
again in His community for several weeks (Acts 1:3), but few believed in Him,
even then.
Prayer:
Father God it amazes me that in the center of the earth is a
sea of molten lava and fire, which erupts into the air from time to time; yet,
people refuse to believe in You or in a literal hell. Jesus did not come to
condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved (John 3:16-18).
Help us to lift Jesus higher, so people will be drawn to Him (John 12:32).
Carnal contentment often lulls people into a spiritual sleep,
and they neglect their own salvation without realizing their intense need for
Your presence and intimate fellowship in their life (Hebrews 2:3). They avoid
the Light of Christ, which exposes their debauchery (1 John 1:5,7). Help us to
continually shine Your light into our world; so those who choose, may be saved
(Matthew 5:14-16).
Thought for the Day:
When our world spirals out of control, we often blame God for
the results; rather than drawing closer to His compassion and agape love for
our comfort.
