nowadays. What can we do about it. Secular powers will always do what they want anyway!” But we can make a difference if we seek our Father’ s guidance where to go or what to do until Jesus returns. As the Church, our lives should be like salt flavoring the fast dying world with the influence of the Lord’ s presence in our lives.
We need to let the Lord live His life of holiness through us.“ You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden”( Matt 5:14). As people see Christ in us, He will draw them to Himself.
Light is the opposite of darkness. Imagine the darkness of this world, people stumbling about in confusion, chaos, panic, stress, fear and every temptation, struggling to escape destruction and eventually death. Then imagine a beautiful light beginning to shine, a loving, guiding hand and whispers of help saying,.“ Come follow Me and I will lead you out of darkness, destruction and death. I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”( John 14:6)
We must seriously ask ourselves,“ Are we actually living for God with all of our hearts, while we wait for the soon return of the Lord? Are we following God’ s agenda or ours, at the beginning of every day? Do we need to repent of our complacency?
We must ask God to unearth everything that prevents us from shining as lights for His glory. We have no excuses. If we cannot see the light shining in us, how can we shine out there in the world? Many of us need to turn from our sins and seek God’ s Kingdom.“ Your Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”( Matt 6:10) We must ask God to rule upon this earth, and to intervene in this world of darkness.“ Yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory for ever. Amen.” God’ s Kingdom will eventually rule. Let us therefore ask God to lead us to places where His light will shine and lead others to Him.
“ From the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force”( Matt 11:12). There is a war going on in the heavenlies. Without God we can never win. Whenever there is an advance of heaven upon earth, things change. People’ s lives are restored. When we obey Jesus, change comes, sometimes in violence. But what did Jesus say?“ If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of this world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you,‘ A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name’ s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.”( John 15:18-21)
So, are we prepared?“ Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”( Ephesians 6:11-20). It will cost us much in order to become the salt of the earth, to speak of Jesus, to be strong in the power of God’ s might, but it will be worth it to glorify Him.
Finally, let us fight the good fight without compromise. We have a heavenly host watching over us. Jesus said,‘‘ I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” Even so come Lord Jesus. Amen. p
by Lynda K Smith writer, proof reader, poet and Evangelist
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