15. March 17, 2014 -15th Day of Lent

Shine With God

Can we imagine a world without light? The world we see now will not be the same when there is no light. The beautiful greenery, the snowy mountains, the blue sky, the colorful birds and butterflies, the days we enjoy outside, the dress we put..all will be nothing but perfect darkness. For a beautiful world that we see now, there must be the sun shining with its elegant light,giving life and power to this world.

Our condition is the same. For us to be beautiful, our Lord, the brightest sun should shine on us and through us. If we are without Him, we will be in perfect darkness. Our beauty shines through The Almighty.

We may be in darkness. The darkness due to our unrighteous character, impure works, our sins or our indifference to our Lord. If we are in this darkness of this worldly powers,if we are finding it hard to release ourselves from the mighty bonds,if we feel ourselves guilty and depressed due our situations in life, if we are unsatisfied with what we are experiencing from this world, please don't worry,never leave ourselves to get rotten in our human  minds because all this give us a hint that the light in us is not shining. We have no power of our own.

 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.- 2 Corinthians 4:6

So let us submit ourselves and come under the light of the Lord Almighty. When He shine in you, the dark inner cores of our hearts will no longer show up. The light has the power to outshine all these darkness in us. When our Lord come inside us and shine through us we are no longer weak but will shine unending giving light even to others. His light will give the light of knowledge,the wisdom of God will shine in us as whole. We are never weak in this world with God.

"Lord, you are my Light and my Savior,

    so why should I be afraid of anyone?-Psalms 27:1 

This light will come into us when we turn our face towards Him sincerely with the true thirst of it and then we shall never fear anything of this world.

“Jerusalem, get up and shine![a]

    Your Light is coming!
    The Glory of the Lord will shine on you.
2 Darkness now covers the earth,
    and the people are in darkness.
But the Lord will shine on you,
    and his Glory will appear over you.
3 Then the nations will come to your light.
    Kings will come to your bright sunrise.-Isaiah 60:1-3

When the glory of God shine on us we are no longer weak. Let us give ourselves for Him so that He can transfigure us as His children like Jesus who transfigured in Mount tabor with the power of Father Almighty. In the same way let our submission lead God to say“This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him"-Mathew 17:5

"You are all people who belong to the light. You belong to the day. We don’t belong to the night or to darkness." Thessalonians 5:5

Those who love darkness love only their works which can never unravel to the light and which shall perish.Let us be for the light and do everything in this light.Let us come out from the shells of darkness without fear.For the light of the lord erases all our darkness of heart.

Those people lived in darkness, but they will see a great light. They lived in a place as dark as death, but a great light will shine on them.-Isaiah 9:2

The people who live in spiritual darkness
    have seen a great light.
The light has shined for those
    who live in the land that is as dark as a grave.”-Mathew 4:16

Let us come to His light first by realizing our darknesses', by repenting and submitting ourselves sincerely through confession, by taking into ourselves The Body and Blood of Christ who suffered for us, by being His Children forever strongly believing in His power and not worrying about our weakness.

Lord help us see the light of Yours, save us from our darkness, help us to come near You so that in Your warmth we live and we shine always .We are weak as humans but as Gods children we are strong.Your wisdom will make us shine. Amen

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