Today’s Scripture

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.(2 Peter 3:9)
Daily Power!

Lord, make me like John the Baptist – to be a constant, burning lamp, a shining witness to those who walk in darkness.

"The World Depends On Us"

People cannot see the light of invisible things until somebody else catches it and reflects it. The sun’s rays would
not be seen on earth but they radiate the molecules of the atmosphere, the dust and moisture. The sun fills millions
of miles with light, but there is no trace of it until it is reflected. The moon sails in invisible sunlight, and passes
on enough light for us to find our way.

The apostle Paul talked about “the King eternal, immortal, invisible.” The light of God is constant, brilliant. It is
never intermittent. But who sees it? People walk in darkness. The stark fact is that the only light they will ever
see is reflected light. Just as John was “a burning and shining lamp,” a witness to the Light – so are believers.
We are commanded to “walk in the Light,” for if we don’t, there will be no light. The world depends upon light
reflectors – that is you and me! If our Gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost.

The Psalmist knew what it meant to walk in the Light: “For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?” Jesus encouraged
His disciples to persevere in walking in the Light: “A little while longer the Light is with you. Walk while you have
the Light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have
the Light, believe in the Light, that you may become sons of Light.” Walking in the Light is active – waiting on
God is passive. To wait on God for His Light to shine on us is an Old Testament concept. The last ones who
waited were the one hundred and twenty in the Upper Room. Now God waits on us. Green means Go! When the
light turns green, you do not need a permit from the Secretarial Department of Traffic and Transportation – you just Go!

Remember this command: “Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
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