"Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous." Psalm 112:4
"Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday." Psalm 37:5-6
As followers of Jesus, we share in His light and His life. We should have our lives modeled after Him. We should in our lives display the light of the world. People should look right through us and see Jesus in us, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)--the light that saves the world.
"Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation..." Psalm 27:1
God is our light and our salvation. And we are the light and the salvation of those who do not yet believe. Until one comes to know God, the best thing they could have is you and I. People should look at us and see love. They should look in us and see something otherworldly. They should recognize us by good fruit. And what is this fruit? That we love one another.
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:35
Do we have Love? It's possible to not have it. If we don't have God, we won't have Love. If we know Him and belong to Him, then we will have His Love. If we have His Love, then others will know it. This is how we are supposed to be recognized!
God's Love is also His light. Heaven is full of God; it is also full of light (Revelation 22:5). And we can be full of His light too! We can be built up from the inside out and shine brighter and brighter and brighter. We need to realize that the light within us is greater than the darkness in the world (1 John 4:4). We need to go from Glory to Glory--to let Him be our light and clothe us with His glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). We need to let His light shine on our faces and even change our countenance. This is how we should minister. This is how we should shine out into the world.
Confirmed: Last Friday we were doing street ministry, and we stopped in at a Christian bookstore. There was a biblical name book on sale, and we 'happened' to open it up to the name Uriel: Hebrew- "God is my light". We all thought that was a fitting message for our street ministry. We felt God was looking down and approving us--approving that we were ministering His light.
Later the next day, I oversaw a story on the news about a boy named Uriel. I do not know the last time that I heard this name...God is so good with His confirmations.
Confirmed: I was reading an excerpt on the Elijah List about Bob Jones. It was all about God's light, His glory, and the importance of shining for Him in ministry. It expanded on being the light of the world. Bob also had a unique revelation on the presence of God's glory on this earth, which is worth a read if you have the time. Below is a segment of this article; I bolded parts for emphasis.
Back in the early 70's wherever you walked, people would see you shining. I'm talking about those that were unsaved. They would see you shining. Sometimes they would just want to draw up close to you because they would say, "I've been so depressed. Can I sort of stand by you because when I stand by you I'm not depressed anymore? I don't know what it is but whatever you got I need."
Evangelism was that easy. It's God's glory! I don't see how you could do really good power evangelism without God's glory. And every one of these things is first and foremost in the name of the Son as He came to glorify the Father. So in the name of Jesus as we begin to move in these latter times we will see some of the greatest signs and wonders you ever seen. It's to glorify the Father.
So be excited in these times and get aboard the glory train. For that's the invitation of this. Get aboard that glory train and let's ride with Him in His glory as we glorify the Father. So in Jesus name these things I spoke, let it enter into your conscience, your spirit man to where you shine; an inner shining and inner glory that will shine in the darkest night that will never let darkness come in.
For you see; when light shines, darkness hides and you're the shining light. And this is what He's saying, "Shine! That's your glory! Don't put a bushel over your glory, but let your glory so shine so that man may see the glory and come to the knowledge and to salvation." In Jesus name. Amen.
"Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday." Psalm 37:5-6
As followers of Jesus, we share in His light and His life. We should have our lives modeled after Him. We should in our lives display the light of the world. People should look right through us and see Jesus in us, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)--the light that saves the world.
"Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation..." Psalm 27:1
God is our light and our salvation. And we are the light and the salvation of those who do not yet believe. Until one comes to know God, the best thing they could have is you and I. People should look at us and see love. They should look in us and see something otherworldly. They should recognize us by good fruit. And what is this fruit? That we love one another.
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:35
Do we have Love? It's possible to not have it. If we don't have God, we won't have Love. If we know Him and belong to Him, then we will have His Love. If we have His Love, then others will know it. This is how we are supposed to be recognized!
God's Love is also His light. Heaven is full of God; it is also full of light (Revelation 22:5). And we can be full of His light too! We can be built up from the inside out and shine brighter and brighter and brighter. We need to realize that the light within us is greater than the darkness in the world (1 John 4:4). We need to go from Glory to Glory--to let Him be our light and clothe us with His glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). We need to let His light shine on our faces and even change our countenance. This is how we should minister. This is how we should shine out into the world.
Confirmed: Last Friday we were doing street ministry, and we stopped in at a Christian bookstore. There was a biblical name book on sale, and we 'happened' to open it up to the name Uriel: Hebrew- "God is my light". We all thought that was a fitting message for our street ministry. We felt God was looking down and approving us--approving that we were ministering His light.
Later the next day, I oversaw a story on the news about a boy named Uriel. I do not know the last time that I heard this name...God is so good with His confirmations.
Confirmed: I was reading an excerpt on the Elijah List about Bob Jones. It was all about God's light, His glory, and the importance of shining for Him in ministry. It expanded on being the light of the world. Bob also had a unique revelation on the presence of God's glory on this earth, which is worth a read if you have the time. Below is a segment of this article; I bolded parts for emphasis.
Back in the early 70's wherever you walked, people would see you shining. I'm talking about those that were unsaved. They would see you shining. Sometimes they would just want to draw up close to you because they would say, "I've been so depressed. Can I sort of stand by you because when I stand by you I'm not depressed anymore? I don't know what it is but whatever you got I need."
Evangelism was that easy. It's God's glory! I don't see how you could do really good power evangelism without God's glory. And every one of these things is first and foremost in the name of the Son as He came to glorify the Father. So in the name of Jesus as we begin to move in these latter times we will see some of the greatest signs and wonders you ever seen. It's to glorify the Father.
So be excited in these times and get aboard the glory train. For that's the invitation of this. Get aboard that glory train and let's ride with Him in His glory as we glorify the Father. So in Jesus name these things I spoke, let it enter into your conscience, your spirit man to where you shine; an inner shining and inner glory that will shine in the darkest night that will never let darkness come in.
For you see; when light shines, darkness hides and you're the shining light. And this is what He's saying, "Shine! That's your glory! Don't put a bushel over your glory, but let your glory so shine so that man may see the glory and come to the knowledge and to salvation." In Jesus name. Amen.
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