The Light of God.
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
When God shines upon us…..He is faithful to His Will for us…..and never withdraws His light…or turns from us.
The Light of God is the only Light that will defeat darkness.
Isaiah 50:10 “Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.”
God is Light (1 John 1:5)…..He is that brightness of clarity that we need in every situation….whether we are confused, or hurt, or asleep….He comes, and we see.
He is that stability…..for light gives direction…..that we may walk in it. (1 John 1:7)
And His light is power….for the darkness flees when light comes….and anything that pushes back the darkness, either in us….or around us, is HIs power.
2 Corinthians 4:6-7 “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
But….
…there is a light which is “kindled” by us…..”sparks”, God calls this light…for it only starts fires within us….fires of doubt, or presumption….fires of accusation or false peace….fires which bring only sorrow [worry and anguish]….not truth and joy.
Isaiah 50:11 “Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.”
(I have done this….praying about something, you get an idea how to “fix” this problem….and instead of continuing to seek the Lord about it, you think about it….expanding it in your mind.
This self-made light is troublesome. You think you are “helping” God….when it is all nothing.
God’s Light brings truth…..
….often our “light” covers up…or gets us to stick our foot in our mouth!….or to muddy the waters…not clear up the situation.)
It is interesting to note, that this verse is at the end of a prophesy concerning Christ….and His ministry here on earth.
Christ is the light of the world….and His ministry separated those that wanted to walk after Him…in His light; and those that refused His Light to follow there own “sparks”.
(If you read Isaiah 50….
In verses 1-2, God explains that He did not “put Israel away” (divorced)….but their sins had separated them from Him.
In verse 2-3, we see Christ speaking…”when I came”….”Is My hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?” He speaks of His power to deliver.
In verses 4-10, Christ tells of the provision to God, in word for His mouth,…..in willingness to suffer, setting His face “like a flint” [Luke 9:51] to do His Father’s Will….
…and concludes: if you want My Will and obey Me,….you will see the darkness of My death….but…trust in the Lord, and hang on to God.
Then, in verse 11…..He speaks to those who will refuse His Light….for they “spark” fires, not light….they shall lay down in sorrow.)
It is coming to Christ Jesus, that we receive real Light…..for He manifests God’s Light (clarity, stability, power)….as nothing else.
Isaiah 61:1, 3 (Jesus quoted this in Luke 4:18-19].
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
He hath sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
….to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord,
that He might be glorified.”
This is the reason for our existence: that He might be glorified!
Let us come to the Light of God….confessing and giving over to Him all our own “sparks”…..and walk in that Light….that joyful, clear, power giving Light…..and glorify Him.
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