Recently, while having a conversation with the Lord and wondering about the confusion brewing among brethren in my country over the forthcoming election, I was a bit disturbed that we could not speak as one man in the spirit. In fact, I was insulted by a friend over the stance I took to the point that I decided to avoid posting any comment. Even a local missionary sent me a WhatsApp message to tell me how unspiritual I was and how spiritual he was because I forwarded a broadcast I received to him. I could go on and on in respect of this subject but for want of space and time.
However, the Lord settled my disturbance at this development when He told me that things are the way they are because of the level of light some believers walk in as opposed to others. Indeed when Jesus addressed himself as the son of God, the religious Jews wanted to stone him to death because to them, he equated himself with God. But Jesus Christ saw brighter than they all did because today, it is an undisputable truth that He is the light of the world and indeed the Son of God. It was at this point I began to pray to God that Let there be light because, people would do better with more light. For instance, a person who straps himself to death in the name of religion is blind and ignorant. If such persons were to be enlightened, they would see well enough to not do it.
When God was confronted with the challenge of recreating the world, the first step in his effort was to call forth light. Then every other thing fell into place. In this glorious month of light, we shall be given the opportunity of knowledge that would bring us out of every darkness and cause us to walk in the light of heaven.
In the book of John 1:1-5, we read:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
Light as used here refers to the knowledge of God. When this is in place, the darkness of ignorance is destroyed and man is thus set free. This is why the Lord said in John 8:32 that the truth we know shall make us free. Thus your freedom from every kind of oppression is truth limited. The more truth you know from God’s word, the more freedom you will experience and the more progress you will make in advancing in life.
Remember, in Ps.119:130 we are made to understand that it is the entrance of God’s word that brings light thus light in our lives must be fed by the word of God. Secondly, the word of God is referred to in Ps.119:105 as a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. In other words, it is the means by which we gain direction in our journey through this world without confusion and failure of any kind.
When we receive the revelation of the truth in the mind of God, we would not have any confusion whatsoever about life and how to relate with God and people. This is so crucial in the days that we live in that we must meet the demands of heaven to win more people out of darkness into light. All humans are created for light and not darkness. Therefore, light is what we all must have a tendency for. Going after darkness would only lead to an abuse of life resulting in confusion. Therefore, this month, we shall be looking at the demands and benefits of light. The first demand of light however, is that you must belong to God’s family through the new birth experience. If you are yet to meet this demand, you can do so now by saying the following prayer out loud:
Father in Heaven,
I come to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your word says in John 6:37 that you will not cast me out when I come to you. So I thank you that you will take me in.
You also said in Romans 10:9-10 that if I shall confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in my heart that you raised him from the dead, I shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is the son of God. I believe that he died for my sin on Calvary’s Cross and was raised from the dead for my justification and I confess him now as my Saviour and Lord.
I believe that I have now become your righteousness in Christ whom you made to be sin for me on Calvary’s Cross.
Thank you father that I am saved from this day in Jesus’s name!
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