Thursday, August 24, 2017

When Darkness Lurks Let Your Light Shine

Too often we shiver and shriek, then back ourselves into a corner when things look the worse.  It seems that fear has its greatest moment and the evil one’s work to shines brightly.

We often feel attacked when all we did was to:  gather to worship; gently allow others to know about our life and how it is Jesus that enriches our life.  We think about the encouragement of Jesus’ love when he expressed, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).  We forget the other part of that same verse by John.  The part where the evil one lurks in the darkness to pounce out on his mission, because he, “the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.”

With that in mind we get discouraged when life is not abundantly overflowing with the supply of our needs, all things pleasing, and unthreatening.  If we witness about Christ someone may respond with negative comments, we think that is persecution.  So, we are silent and only desire the overflowing “stuff.”  Satan laughs and floods life with darkness – he won, no need to send demons.  

If life is without tension, it is not due to your weakness.  Christ in you is the power to overthrow evil.  To not witness of Christ is silence and that is of no threat to the evil one.  When we know the Bible, and its story about Jesus and the early followers (church) we know that they faced trials, in fact, persecution – we shouldn’t think that won’t happen to us (see Matt. 5:11-12, 2 Cor. 4:7-11; 2 Thess. 3:2-4).  Remember, bad does happen in this world, it is due to satan, he is evil –


BUT, we in Christ we have had Jesus pray for us, and God answers prayer, Jesus prayed, “I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.  My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one”  (John 17:14-15).

 
The presence of Christ is with you,
let Him be herd of and seen in all you do,
 
Owen <><

Know your hope and enablement, read John 17:6-26 – Jesus’ prayer.

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