The above scriptures states God’s intention and Who He is…. from Genesis chapter 1 through the revelation of Jesus Christ made manifest in this world and still continues for….. God is the Light and we are sons of light….Scriptures in Genesis 1:3, Then God said let there be light; and there was light. John 8:12, Then Jesus spoke to them saying again, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. You are all the sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness, (1 Thessalonians 5:5).
The King’s kingdom surrounds Him. So He walks in the midst of His people, the kingdom of God is within each of His people. We are His kingdom when we abide in Him…. Our King Christ Jesus is the Light of the world and the Truth. We are His vessels in His hand as He rules and reigns as He has been given all dominion. When He moves His vessels, light and truth are being manifested….. which evil hates…..Evil likes the dark where chaos reigns.
Let us remember in His presence is fullness of joy. The purpose of our lives is to live and acknowledge the Lord’s presence in our every day lives. He leads us in our journey into His land, actually the Land is Him as He is the Way, the Door and the Promise, the land…..
It is more vast than the universe for He is Creator, the Uncreated One…… The journey is Him….. We seek after all of Him for all of Him to be glorified by our lives. Remember, eternal life is to know God and His Son that He has sent to us! He is the land of far distances and yet, we are in His land….yet, there is so much more to see and abide in!
He is like a mountain, yet He is the Power that keeps the waves at bay…. He is like the heat of the sun and like the cold wind blowing the snowflakes, and each are different…. just as He created us with a distinct fingerprint. There are no two humans ever have been and will be that has the same fingerprint as you do!
Let us keep on searching the height and depth and width and length of Christ in us and for us! He is the land of far distances that we will never ever finish learning and ascending into….. yet, I do not want to quit, I have to keep seeking and searching Him out….. He is like eating only one potato chip, it is never enough…..Or riding a horse, one ride is never enough! So is living in Christ….. His love leaves me wanting to know Him more. So come on!!!!! Let’s keep going beyond the obstacles of naysayers, of the doubtful, of those who had the same mind set as those who told Columbus, he was foolish to think the earth was round. St. Paul and St. John never quit receiving instruction and revelation from the Holy Spirit about the Lord and the Kingdom of God… I thank God they had the courage and boldness to keep going and receiving for all of us.
He has planned our journey for each one. For we are His, and all different, but all the same… We need Christ Jesus to be complete, for we are complete in Him. My journey is different than yours and yours is different than others…… That makes God sooooo God. Only He could customize each one of our journey with Him. The Holy Spirit’s job is not unlike the servant of Moses, who brought back the bride to Isaac through the wilderness. He makes us ready to see the Lord as He is….
So who represents the lighthouse?
The church is the lighthouse…. us, not any buildings, us, the followers of Christ. We hold the light and truth of Christ for all to see or not…..The church is the Lord and His body…. The Lord is the head and is very much in His body….. Can you say you are the head of your body but not in your body…. no….. Christ in us the hope of glory.
Remember the warning of our King when we forget to put the One as the reason for us here!
Nevertheless, I have this against you, you have left your first love, ( Revelation 2:4).
Let us remember why we are here before the King. We grow daily from strength to strength or glory to glory in His presence as we behold the King and become as He is, worshiping in truth and Spirit Him…. This process is a God thing, but how good it it is to dwell with King and His children.
As it is written in 1 John 3:2, Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
His presence is required for the church to be His body and just not a gathering of people. Let us be alert to keep His face before us so He will not remove His lampstand. We always want to have in front of us the desire of our hearts….Our King! There is no struggle to put the desire of our hearts before us…..we go after what we want in this life. I pray as we search our hearts, that we find it is the Lord. In keeping the Lord as our Obsession, we will also know the desires of His heart. We will not be in the dark on the Lord’s plans and hapenstances, which are really His doing.
Let Him see, as He walks in our midst holding us in His right hand in all authority and righteousness, fruit that is to His liking and likeness. May we know that He reveals Himself through us, His children. We reflect His light drawing others into His light.
May He walk through us and be blessed and pleased. May He see our hearts are pure in our search for Him and not for a name or fame, fortune …. We are strong in walking the cross. There be no thieves and liars or slanderers left among us in His church or temple, which is our hearts!
Let Him see that His lampstand is burning in prayer. As the Lord taught us, He went to the mountain top to pray and commune with His Father first before He did…… Let us follow His instructions of work to produce eternal fruit. Our ideas will not avail His lasting fruit for the King and the kingdom.
When the world comes in to seek help…. They are seeking Him, we can do nothing but bring them to Him. He calls them and chose them to come to Him, by His grace. May the Spirit of God reside so strong that we hear from the Holy Spirit what needs to be spoken, healed, or cast out.
It is imperative to have the knowledge that His presence is within us. The Spirit of the Lord will give all that is required through His people that hear. But let it be said those who are seeking leave knowing the Lord and not us. They are the Lord’s work and His vessel as they start their walk in the journey with the Lord.
In the Old Covenant, King David, told the people to sanctify themselves that they may bring up the ark of the Lord to the place David had prepared for it. Now we are the ark of the Lord….. the place He prepared for His Spirit…. We need to maintain the separation of the world from us and be set apart for Him alone. We should die daily to the world and its ways and awaken to the Lord’s way in the light and truth.
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, ( Philippians 2:12-15).
The Lord’s body will remain through all the storms that seas throw to destroy…. His body remains in the world as the True Light of the world until our Heavenly Father says time is up. Our God’s love will never fail….. He strengthens us in His might so that we may persevere as His lighthouse.
I pray we are all growing in the grace of the knowledge of the Lord in our lives…. I might have assumed something by my words….. I asked how you are growing in the gift of God that you asked for in 2015…. Well, to me, everything I receive is a gift from Him….. Whether it is waking up in the morning…. Paying the bills, driving to and fro safely…. blessed health…. so on…..
Some of things that you requested from the Lord are gifts….. They may not have been the spiritual gifts written in the word…. They might have been healthy children, fruits of a healthy marriage, new job, a car that does not break down…. as to boldness to speak about the Lord to others…. or for increase of faith, grace, patience, good health…. so on…. However…
It does not matter what you asked, the receipt of your requests from the Lord are a gift….. So how is your gift growing? Remember, sometimes things are the opposite of what we expect so that the Lord can bring about now what is not and take away what is……..
Keep watching and living as you know the Lord hears and answers His beloved children, for all things are yes and amen in Christ Jesus…..There are other gifts that are registered in you that will manifest as you are working out in faith your answer from the Lord.
His work is hidden but always produces much fruit in us……so keep watching! Let patience have her perfect work.
As the Lord is watching us in our midst….. He looks at you, He asks- Who do you say I am child? Bless Him with your continued growing list. As your list is growing so is He growing in you!
Wow! What a Light I see in His children! What a gentle smile the Lord has towards us….. That is gift, a great gift…. His smile. He is our Treasure. Nothing compares to our King Jesus Christ. No one…… Keep seeking and watching…..Remember, He is seeking you, watching if you are seeking Him!
Remember beloved, we shine His love, truth, and hope to the lost, not ours, so rest as He is Light! God bless those who want to put out the Light of the world within His followers…. The more darkness tries to cancel the Light, the more the Light shines through all darkness showing and pointing to the Truth: Jesus Christ is the Savior. The Only Begotten Son of God, who is King of kings and Lord of lords…… He rules and reigns at the right hand of the Almighty forever and ever!
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, ( Philippians 2:9-11).
Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising, ( Isaiah 60:1-3).
Praise God and all of His might! We are arising in the Lord, shining the Truth! Amen !
Selah!
