Devotional 05.12.2013

O LORD, you are my lamp. The LORD lights up my darkness [NLT] 2 Samuel 22:29

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Since God has made you into a light, you no longer have any links with Darkness. Everything that brought unimaginable sadness, shame and scandal, humiliation, distress, broken heart, broken promises, disappointments, abandonment, rejection, trials of many kinds, was Darkness. But thank God for God, Our bright and Morning Star, came in and took away everything that reflected darkness in our lives and transformed us all into lights. Because in truth, nothing, not even darkness can ever stand in the brightness of His light, His glory. So don’t waste a moment longer of your life on those dark moments that used to throng your life, and focus on the fact that you are now reflecting the brilliance and brightness of God’s glory, our Lord Jesus Christ, and for that reason, no form of darkness can ever be able to withstand you all the days of your life!

Devotional 04.12.2013

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking. [NASB] Ezekiel 1:28

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We know that the rainbow is a reflection of the rays of the sun in a thin watery cloud on a rainy day, and from Ezekiel’s descriptions, Christ is represented as clothed with a cloud and a rainbow about his head. And since Christ Jesus is the brightness of his Father’s glory, and the express image of his person; the only hope of us shining as the light He made us to be, to radiate the wonderful reflection of His glorious light, to be released from the shackles that have stopped us from making progress in all of our endeavours, is to have Christ Jesus in us. Only then can we be able to reflect his risen glory over our situations. He is our only hope of living a successful life. He will make you what He is, the brightness of God’s glory.

Devotional 29.11.2013

But the path of righteous people is like the light of dawn that becomes brighter and brighter until it reaches midday. [GWT] Proverbs 4:18

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You are a shining light because of Jesus Christ in you. And because you as a light can never ever fade, you can only glow brighter and brighter, never ever becoming dim, irrespective of what may be thrown at you! No struggle, past mistakes, failure, missed opportunities; disappointments or scandal can ever cause your light to fade away. It is impossible. Keep this at the forefront of your mind. You were born to shine, so don’t let any circumstance tell you otherwise. And because the glory of God is in you, it’s time you took your place as a shining beacon that can never be covered in Jesus name. Amen.