Jesus said: “I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness,” (John 12:46), and “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life,” (John 8:12).
The devil’s purpose is to envelop men in darkness, to blind them so they cannot see their own condition. Some are blinded by self and all they can see are themselves, others are blinded by success, money, fame, lust, pleasure, religions and so on up to the extreme of the occult and intense spiritual darkness. Many who call themselves Christians are even blinded by religion, i.e. they are so religious they have no idea what Jesus is like.
“You are the light of the world... let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven,” (Matthew 5:14-16). We are to bring Jesus’ light to the people. Through what we do and say people’s darkness needs to be exposed. They need to see who they are and they need to recognise how the devil has blinded and deceived them. This would happen if we start praying for them. I became aware of a dear brother’s battle against sin and, before I did anything, the Lord prompted me to intercede intensely for him – continuous, passionate prayer. This opened his eyes to see his condition and also to see what the Holy Spirit brought to his attention through me; which in its own is wisdom from the Lord and thus light. The light of Jesus was shed on him. As a result of the Lord’s light and power he progresses well – praise be to Jesus. The Lord also prompted me to pray intensely for the salvation of some people I regularly see and I look forward to the results.
Through our love in word and actions, together with our obvious relationship with the Lord, the light of Jesus will illuminate the lives of those around us. Unless people realise what they’re like by seeing their sin, they will not come to Jesus. Once they see and accept Jesus, they have the light and during the rest of their walk with the Lord, His light will continuously make them aware of those issues in their lives that hinder their relationship with Him, providing they are close enough to Him and care enough to see what He tries to show them.
In the light of Jesus that emits from us, sinners will also see who He is in us. If we walk close with the Lord and depend daily on Him, the world will see His authority, anointing, love, joy, wisdom, peace, strength etc. emitting from us and they will recognise we are different. Some will honour us for it and others will persecute us. “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognised that they had been with Jesus,” (Acts 4:13).
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you,” (John 15:7). I often ask the Lord for His authority and anointing to do my work well and to let my light shine well. If people see the Almighty in us, His name gets glorified. That’s how our light should shine.
Lord, I need to abide in you so my light could shine and you be glorified.
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Since we are in the same group as Platform Builder Campaigners, I stopped by to say hello. I do believe that the stewardship of our daily life lived in right standing should allow the light of Jesus Christ to shine in us that others may see that light and be drawn to the Jesus in Us. This is an encouraging post. Thanks for Sharing!
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