For thou wilt light my
candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psalm 18:28)
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
This world we live in is a very dark place filled with terrible
things and so many people that is caught in that darkness. Many have heard of
the light and many has even seen it but so many do not comprehend it. When we
call ourselves Christians, yet we allow sin to control us we do not understand
the light and we still allow more darkness into our lives.
This is one of those power verses to me. God will light my
candle. The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. When we are confronted with
the evil of this world and off course, he does not show himself. He comes in
the camouflaged form of something beautiful or something you might desire of
even something nice. You see he is a devious yet genius challenger. He will
make it look so good and he will convince you that it is not a sin. You need it
anyway.
So, he will fool you by making you think it is ok and then
you fall and the more you fall the darker your pit become. Many get stuck in
that pit, because of the false need or the sin itself. People cannot let go of
the sin, so they will fabricate reasons why they need it.
Here is an example of people making up a reason to keep the
wrong. So, we celebrate Christmas for the birth of Christ, but in every mall,
you will find a santa and people taking their kids to take a foto with santa
and then they tell their kids that santa is brining them presents. What is
wrong with this picture. It’s man who celebrates himself instead of the creator
of heaven and earth. Then, this will make you think for a moment. The Bible
only refers to Sundays as a holy day. Nowhere did Jesus say you must buy presents
and celebrate His birth once a year. The birth of Christ is something we should
celebrate every day together with the redemption and forgiveness that we have
in the cross.
For one month in the year we act a little friendlier and we
sing songs (about santa) and we eat to much. Why can we not do this every
month. Love your neighbour as you love yourself and be kind. Help those in need
and understand people who make mistakes. Show Jesus more often, then our world will
change, but if we continue the way we do, all that we do is we are pushing God away
and we are listening to the wrong voice.
And then we complain about our circumstances when we only
know God in our need. To be a Christian is to be an ambassador of Christ and
live out His word. Jesus said that you either for Him or against Him. Make your
choice. Is it light or darkness? Is it life or death? Is it heaven or hell?
Celebrate God but do it every day. Leave the fat guy in the
red suite for satan and his buddies. Live each day as if it is your last and
love everyone as you would love yourself. Then we will not only change us, but
we will change the world.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
