Where would we be without the Word of God lighting our paths?
In the dark.
Millions of people all over the world are in the dark. I get very scared in the dark, don't you? I usually find myself standing very still until someone holds my hand and leads me to the light. That is what Patrick and I want to be, a hand leading someone from darkness to light. See, the light set me free. It opened up paths of righteousness and delivered me from a life of just standing still. In Christ, the "True Light," (John 1:9), I am enlightened to the pleasures of God. Through Him I know what God desires for me. I have victory over darkness because the dark can not comprehend the light (John 1:5). That is power, my friends:
Direction and Defeat.
"No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light." Luke 11:33
Why would I want to keep this light to myself? Everyday I want to sit under its warmth. I lay out my blanket and lay back with my basket full and feast upon every word. There is where I find peace, joy, and complete satisfaction. Just me, my Bible, and my prayers - my idea of a perfect day. To think of not having this - I would rather die.
Those same millions that are in the dark are doing just that - dying without the light. The god of this world has blinded them, so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4). Light that I carry around without fear of it ever being extinguished. Light that I proclaim to everyone around me as the "only Way, Truth, and Life." So, what am I going to do with my light? Head to Africa. I am going to love and live in a world that is not my own but one that God will show me.
I will spend my life sharing my light so that others can spread out their own blanket or share a spot on mine. And together we will feast on the Word.
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