Light & Darkness

I cannot believe the things that come out of my mouth or the choices I make sometimes.  I would love if I could take back time.  Many times as it says in the book of Romans I do the things I don't want to do, and don't do the things I want to do.  I hate being so inconsistent.  I can just be so wrong at times and yet so right at other times.  I feel so bad for the people around me especially my wife and kids who have to live with my imperfections.  "Help me Lord" is all I can say!

Thank God for His grace and mercy for somehow He always gets me out of the mess I put myself in.  I am not perfect but I am being perfected.  I have changed, and I trust God that He will continually change me.  For His Word promises that He will complete the work that He has begun.  I will not always be impatient.  I will not always spend money foolishly.  I will not always make selfish decisions that hurt the ones I love.

In Leviticus 24 the Lord commanded Moses to have the people bring pure oil of pressed olives so that the lampstand in the Tabernacle would burn continually.  Now remember everything in the OT was a type and shadow of what we would experience in the NT in Christ.  We are now the lampstand and likewise need God's presence always evident in our life.

He wants to move all our inconsistencies, our sometime-ish ways, until their is no more darkness in our life only light.  Heaven is lighted by the Glory of God.  It is the Sun that brings light, and when the Sun is not present darkness sets in.  So it is with us God's lampstand when the Son is present there is light and when He is not darkness sets in.

For lies to be exposed and darkness removed light has to consistently shine bright.  God wants us to learn how to abide in Him.  How to keep our eyes on Him.  See our eyes are the light to our soul, so what our eyes gaze on will determine what comes forth from our soul.  So for the light switch to remain on my eyes must remain on Him, it turns off when my focus is elsewhere.

World leaders cannot solve the world's problems.  Cracking down on drugs, having stronger borders, better military defense, strikter enforcement of the law, is not enough.  What repels darkness is the light and we are the light of the world.

Challenge:  Examine your surroundings and remove the things in your life that take your focus off of Him.


Biblical Reference:  Leviticus 24:1-4, Genesis 1:4, Psalm 18:28, John 1:5, Eph. 5:8, Romans 2:19, Matt. 6:23, Romans 7:14-25, John 15:4