I was part of a historical movement
I was an active part of a historical movement that involved millions of people as it occurred in America and around the world. There was a recent movie about it. It was a movement of light.
Time Magazine called the movement “The Jesus Revolution.” Now the world needs another one. “The deliverance we need now is from religion and into reality.” –JD Walt in Seedbed Wake-Up Call.
When you feel darkness in your heart, a sermon about light won’t help you much. You need this! “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV.)
Jesus called His followers “the light of the world.” When lights shine together their brightness intensifies. Christ-followers need to meet and train each other to shine together as they take turns testifying about Jesus and demonstrating His presence and spiritual gifts to one another.
Jesus said: “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.” Instead of Christians gathering and allowing the people present to all put their light on a stand, we have the tradition of meeting in a way that causes everyone in a congregation to shut down their light and to sit passively to watch a preacher give a talk about light.
Christians, if you don’t wake up to the never-ending presence of God’s light, you’re sleeping on the job. “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:14 NIV.) Actively be God’s light day and night! Don’t just listen to a Sunday talk about it.
Darkness never shines. Light always does. Which are you?
Your body isn’t a religious institution. The body of Christ isn’t either. The body of Christ is all of the people worldwide who are connected heart-to-heart with the risen Jesus. A religious institution can’t carry and demonstrate the life, light, and love of Christ. It takes people to do that.
Christians who “walk in the light” have a deep spiritual connection with each other. Let’s stand up and begin to walk in the light by openly and honestly sharing our heart with one another. To walk in the light is much more powerful than to hear a talk about the light. Try it and see.
When light
Comes around
Darkness
Shuts down.
We need more
Than the sound
Of a sermon.
We need to see
And to be
God’s light.
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