LED Lights seem to be the new lighting
flavour of the month; they are phenomenal! As they are now part of my daily
bread, I have experienced them first hand. What I appreciate about them is the amount
of light they generate, there are far worse things I could be selling at least “in
type” they remind me of the Light of the universe, the Lord Jesus Christ; “In
the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without
form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there
was light.” (Genesis 1:1-3) – We all know what it is like to fumble in the dark!
That is why I love the Word of God; whenever
I am faced with a crisis in my life and that is more often than I would like to
count; it has been the Word of God that has given light to my path. The times I
have neglected to make the Bible my first port of call, I have always without
exception lost my way! Life has a very cruel way of teaching us lessons! So
without the correct counsel it can become insufferable. We can fish as hard as
we would throughout the seas of this world and our nets will come up empty. If
not there could well be reason for concern! How so? If we as the children of
God receive sustenance from this world without His counsel we should at the
very least be asking the question, why? What earthly father would give his son
a stone if he asked for bread? How much more then will our heavenly Father look
out for those who belong to Him? He must always be our first port of call, if
this then is not our experience, it may be time to check our birth certificate!
I am convinced that this is the lesson
God is now steering me through, times are tough and there is much destruction
in the wake of my past, BUT God is with me so who then can be against
me! I suppose as Christians we will all have to learn this lesson along our
journey here on earth! And the sooner the better! We have an enemy that looks
to lead us another way by targeting our weakness, the flesh! “For
though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare
are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.” (2Corinthians 10:3-4) –
Hence when Christ died in our stead He opened up a spiritual arsenal of weaponry
to every true born again Christian believer! To overcome the weakness of the
flesh we must engage our souls to walk in the Spirit; it is time like never
before to “Lock and Load”! As we all fly this flag into battle, with this
slogan lit up in neon lights; “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be
against us?” (Romans 8:31)
Our God shall supply all our needs,
not our wants but our needs! It may well be time to make the decision to drop
ones excess baggage as we make our way to the front lines. You needn’t worry if
that seems far from your ability to choose what to keep and what to let go of,
God will make it clear to you over time, all we need do is trust and obey!
Remember the disciple when they lost hope and they decided to go back fishing?
They toiled for hours without a catch, but as soon as they recognized the call
of their Master, everything changed! “Just as day was
breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was
Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have
any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you
will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to
haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved
therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard
that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for
work, and threw himself into the sea.” (John 21:4-7) –
It may well be the time for us to voluntary strip down and to throw ourselves
onto Him, instead of Him needing to disciple us no differently to a father
would discipline his son. God only disciplines His children, he is not concerned
with the bastard, praise His name! And yet the invitation has gone out to all!
Repent and believe in His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ and He will
welcome you into the fold!
Where
have so many of us gone wrong? We have not learnt to hate wickedness as we ort!
We have not taken the sin in our lives seriously enough; “As it is said, "Today, if you hear his
voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." (Hebrews 3:15) – The storerooms of grace are open and
available to every believer from the weakest to the strongest and from the
youngest to the oldest. It is crucial for us to understand the Apostle
Paul’s teaching; “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
to make you obey its passions.” (Romans 6:12)
– And the only way we will overcome these passions, which at times press hard,
will be to walk in the Spirit! To be honest with ourselves about anything that
looks to steer us away from God’s righteousness. This then is my prayer; “order
my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me!”
Signing off
Tyrone
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