Topic:
COMMANDED TO SHINE [Friday June 27, 2014]
Memorise:
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
Bible in a Year:
Bible in a Year:
Numbers 7:84-10:10; Psalm 140
Read: Ephesians 5:8-14
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord.11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which
are done of them in secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made
manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore
he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall
give thee light.
Message:
Light and darkness are antithetical. While light is welcome
by everyone, darkness is shunned and rejected. Light is an illuminating agent.
It affects everything and without it, there will be no life. Light is mostly
used when referring to goodness and godliness. 1 John 1:5 reveals to us that
God is light. This means whoever is born of God must reflect the attributes of
light. A keen study of light reveals many attributes which believers should endeavour
to reflect. One of such attributes is the wave. Simply put, a wave is a
disturbance. Whoever is born of God is light, and because light has the nature
of a wave, his or her life must be a disturbance to the works of darkness
everywhere. Acts 4:15-17 is a classical example of a situation where believers
reflected this attribute of light. Are you born of God? Then your life should
challenge both the works and the workers of darkness. Another attribute of
light is force. Light as a force causes movement or change. Everyone that is
born of God is expected to shine by provoking positive change. You should be
able to cause positive change and movement to the glory of God. You are
expected to be a strong force of progress in your home, family, community, society,
place of work, church and nation.
There is no denying the fact that light is life. Light is
life to both plants and animals. While animals rely on plants and (sometimes)
other animals for existence, green plants turn carbon dioxide and water into
food using energy obtained from the light radiating from the sun. This process
is known in biology as photosynthesis. Every child of God should radiate light
and life, because in Jesus is life which is the light of men. John 1:4 says:
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
As a Christian, you have life, and this life is eternal.
Moreover, this life is capable of making all impossibilities become possible.
Going through Luke 10:19, we can deduce that light is power. Are you born of
God? Rejoice! In you resides the power that upholds all things (Hebrews 1:3).
You have been empowered by God to do the unimaginable for Him. I pray that no
sickness, darkness or evil shall rule over you. Light reveals. Implicitly,
light reveals specific information about a matter. The good news is that you
should no longer operate in ignorance, because light exposes hidden things
(Ephesians 5:13). Finally, light travels in a straight line. This denotes
integrity, faithfulness and trustworthiness. If we operate as light, we will
not be perverse or crooked in our ways.
Prayer Point:
Father, help me to always reflect all the attributes of
light.
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