A
Lit
Candle,
Curses the
Darkness
“The man who keeps My
commandments, it is he who loves Me.” John 14:21
“If you are a candle,
darkness runs from you.” MDJ
“Candles VS Darkness,
not even a fight!” MDJ
“Generate light, that is what generators do!”
MDJ
“Gather candles and
light them”. MDJ
“Be a living Candle” MDJ
“Light Up”! MDJ
When
Jesus left this earth, He placed it in the untested hands of His disciples and
everyone who would come to believe on Him.
He realized He had given them all they would ever need to get the job of
making disciples done (By the way, it is the only job He gave Believers).
On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit arrived, the deal was
settled. Every promise is “yes and amen”
(2nd Corinthians 1:20). From
that point on it was, “Take up your cross and follow Me”.
The
“follow Me” challenge comes when a Believer realizes that the world he lives in
is yet under the curse of Adam (Sin entered through his disobedience in Genesis
Chapter 3). It is this “darkness of sin”
that swirls around every day and night of the universe. So, darkness swirls. What then is the antidote? It is simple and so latent and intrinsic that
it could go unnoticed. It, however rises
to consciousness because of the severity of the mission Jesus gave of “Go make
disciples”.
It
is the redeeming power of Jesus Christ that lives inside every Believer that
cries for the light of His love to engulf every human being. We are the “light of the world”, the “salt of
the earth”, “a city set on a hill”, “living epistles” (Matthew 5:14-16, 2nd
Corinthians 3:2-3). If we do what is
right in God’s eyes, we dispel darkness by just being alive!
We
consciously and unconsciously send daily messages of Who lives inside of us to
the world. It is the “Light” who is in
us that dispels every form and fashion of darkness around us. The unconscious light we emanate is the quiet
and peaceable life (1st Thessalonians 4:11) we live without saying a
word. This light of living under the
authority of the Holy Spirit sends messages to all around us. The message is
that Someone lives inside Who brings peace to our lives.
The
unconscious light in us challenges
people around us to consciously ponder the grace of living we display. This unconscious light curses the darkness by
mere existence. When Believers come on
the scene, chaos dissipates, Jesus emanates, and darkness can find no place.
Then
there is the conscious light within
us. This light sets out on a deliberate
mission by keeping the commandments of Jesus (loving Him), loving others,
interacting positively with others, displaying acts of kindness, being
compassionate, giving, and denying self.
The
simple fact is that darkness cannot hover when light comes on the scene. Be a lit candle by the power of the Holy
Spirit. If you are a lit candle,
darkness is a non-issue. If you are
engaged in “lighting candles”, you have taken on the Holy Spirit guided mission
of Jesus which is “Go make disciples”.
By
the way, are you cursing the darkness by “generating” light?
Are
you “dispelling” darkness by your quiet, peaceable, and godly lifestyle?
Are you “making disciples”?
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