Devotional for Tuesday, August 23, 2016
“We Are the Children of Light”
by Dona Hake
Genesis 1 :1-3 (DARBY)
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness. “
One of the first things the living God did during creation was separate the light from the dark. He saw it to be a good thing that light stood out from the darkness. We wake up to our mornings and at night the sky grows dark yet in this world we can see that spiritual darkness still hovers over the lives of people that do not know Him. This darkness serves to create confusion and lack of direction to those that are lost. Darkness in one’s life can bring great depression and lack of hope to a soul. For such a time as this, we are called to be lights in the midst of darkness. He is watching for those that desire to shine like a light because He has been given the light that never grows dim. He desires to be a light in our path when there is no light. Oh that our testimony of living for Him would cause those that are lost to believe there really is light at the end of their hopeless tunnel!
Psalm 112:4 The Voice
“When life is dark, a light will shine for those who live rightly— those who are merciful, compassionate, and strive for justice.”
Luke 11:22 (CEB)
“People don’t light a lamp and then put it in a closet or under a basket. Rather, they place the lamp on a lampstand so that those who enter the house can see the light.”
I encourage you today that if you know the Lord Jesus to carry His light that burns within you to those that have no hope. God is looking for a people that will place their lamp before those that need to see in the midst of their darkness. We live in a time of great opportunity to be used by Him…seize the opportunity!