THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

One of my child hood songs in church other than “Jesus Loves Me’ was “This Little Light of Mine”. Now that I am much much older I still think of that song often because God tells us in his word, Matthew 5:15—Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. What good is light if it’s not on when the world is casting darkness all around us? I saw a bumper sticker which said, “Coal keeps the lights on”. This is a very true statement but once again I ask, what good is light if it’s not on. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour he places a light within us. A light unlike any worldly light. We are to be the light of the world. John 9:5—As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When we accept Jesus as Lord of our life then his light is within us. That light should be revealed to everyone we come in contact with. That light should be so bright each person we meet or come in contact with should see Jesus in us. Yes, we make mistakes, yes we have “bad” days, yes Jesus is aware how he made us but please please do not use this as a crutch. During our storms, during our bad times, during our bad days Jesus Christ should still be in the forefront. I know for many who has went to church all their lives it’s like the “same oh, same oh” but don’t let Jesus beome a “same oh” in your life. He is real, He has feelings, he has suffered for everything he knows you are going through now. Jesus has never been a fairy tale. He isn’t to be taken for granted. Come on Christians, I challenge you to stop “playing church”. I challenge you to stop the “repetiveness “in attending church.  Go to church because it is a place to worship; not a meeting for cooks, not a meeting for sales, not a meeting for gossip, not a meeting for bashing people, not a meeting for fashion, not a meeting for “if it wasn’t for me” type conversations. Luke 19:45-46 And he went into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that bought,  46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. I know we can get caught up in hearing “Jesus is coming soon” but what many of us are thinking is, “yep, he is someday” and we are really internalizing the truth in it all. Jesus is coming soon in a time we think not. He will come as a tief  in the night..  2 Peter 3:10—But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. I don’t know what it will take for us to  treat Jesus Christ as we treat or should be treating each other. Sometimes when I say this I am talking about myself also. I ask myself, do I recognize Jesus Christ like I should? Do I honor him the way he wants me too? I have many questions myself. I want to be what he wants me to be that so many days I find myself yearning to feel his presence close to me. I don’t know how to explain it but I will try. It’s like missing someone so bad. You just want to be held by them. Can anyone relate to this? We think we are going to stand before God and bat our eyes , give our best pouty look and it’s not going to work. God is the one who created tough love. You are no better than I am and I am no better than you are. We just may be “better off” because of our relationship with Jesus Christ.  I know there are many who are seeking God’s face daily. You are not who I’m talking about. Can you imagine if we  all bound together, got on our faces before God, cried out for our lost, our backslidden, our addicts, etc...until we couldn’t cry no longer what a miracle could happen. God tells us in Matthew 18:19, 20—Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Jesus said if two of us touch anything that we shall ask it will be done for them of the Heavenly Father. People that’s shouting ground!!!! Hallelujah!!!!! We have the power through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Wow, such a powerful scripture. It’s time we wake up and really live our Christian lives!!!!  Let your light shine!! Help me help you help others to step out on faith and take God's word for what it says. The world needs to see our light shine. Don't hide your light under a bushel, I don't intend to! God bless you!   counters