…into His marvellous light. God’s Word is His light! Almighty God said in Revelation Chapter 21 verse 5, “And He who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also He said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. ‘”

What our Father said is so important that He kept it, preserved it, protected it, for our benefit. He is so amazing, He can say the same thing on different days and it will mean different things on each day! In my mind it is really dumb to expect tomorrow to be exactly like today, or last week, or last year! Our God is always active on humanity’s behalf – making everything in this world, our homes, our families, our lives, our hearts … NEW! If we are still the same person that we are today, two years from now — we aren’t doing it right! Change is not just inevitable when we follow the Lord Jesus, it is essential – He is leading us all somewhere.

We study and read to learn how to apply His lessons into our own lives, because the bible lights up every single shadow! It is incredibly important to get our own fresh bread/Manna daily. Last Sunday’s sermon is not enough to take us through the sort of difficulties most people face every single week. We need to hear from Him, personally, every day: ‘His mercies are NEW every morning.’ 🙌  This is how we learn to fight deception and everything else that comes at us.The bible is the light of God – it gives us a true picture of ourselves;  what He has done, and what He says He will do, plus what He IS doing – right here and now.

At the same time, to be a true disciple of Christ, we need to accept His correction. When we find something in the book we can’t, or don’t want to do, we need to talk to Him about it and ask Him to help us. Jesus corrected His disciples all the time. We live for Him by making the choices He would make. This means we will learn how to cherish the Holy Spirit and His input. At the same time there is no true discipleship without loving others and laying down our lives for them.

The thing about God’s light is … it exposes flaws. Yeah, whoopee! But standing partly in the shadows is actually telling us about our own inner life. Things like … why do we feel the need to hide? “This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”1 John 1:5-7.

If you want to live in the security of knowing that Jesus blood is continually washing you, even from the things you don’t know you’ve done, then living IN the LIGHT of what He said in the book – is the answer. Hidden agendas, hidden personality flaws, hidden rotten attitudes etc. are all meant to be exposed by His light. Let’s always remember the Lord’s strength is made perfect in weak people! There is no need for us to hide our flaws. 

If we live a hidden life, we are denying the power of God to change us. It seems like we see the problems, attitudes, and situations we are stuck in, bigger than He is. Our faith will become too small. But letting His light loose in our lives, also means so much more than just agreeing with what He says. Meanwhile, don’t just read the Psalms all the time to pacify any weaknesses, and make you feel better, read Paul’s Epistles. They are full of instructions and plenty of points of conviction. The bible is not an optional extra – it is an essential asset.

I love the Old Testament, but we can’t continually hide in the stories of things that God did for someone else. We need our own stories – we must ‘taste and see that the Lord is good’ – for ourselves. That’s going to take humility, effort, and a strong desire to see what God wants to do next! I urge everybody reading this – to live the life you have, daily reminding yourself to walk in the light by reading the bible, and doing what it says.

Hidden agendas and sins will keep us away from the reality of how powerful God’s love and light is. When His light is ON in our lives, the only person who can turn it off is ME. Let’s leave behind everything that lies in darkness and choose to live in His light. Bye. 👋