Light for All
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Our theme this week is Green. Could I really write a post using a comic book hero and relate it to this Holy Week leading up to Easter?
Let's give it a try!
As a child I was fascinated by the thought of imagining an object into reality and the super heroes known as Green Lanterns had this power! Any weapon needed to fight the bad guy was at his disposal. All he ever had to do was think it and BAM! There it was. His options were limitless!
It was an exciting prospect to be called to be a Green Lantern but you had to be deemed worthy. Once you accepted your call you would be granted a ring which needed to be connected to the source of power (known as Will) and pledge your oath,
"...and I shall shed my light
over dark evil.
For the dark things cannot stand the light,
The light of the Green Lantern!"
Oh to be called because you are found worthy and to wear the mark of your
power, to be known by your light!
But that
is just a comic book and the dreams of a child.
Today
I have a book filled with accounts of heroes and heroines whose worth came from
the One who called. This book tells me of a Man who came into darkness to bring
Light for all to see. This book tells me
there is a Man who made me worthy by shedding His blood and dying on a
Cross. This book tells me this Man called me and the same power that raised Him
from the dead is the same power available to me.
This
Man’s name is Jesus. HE is
Light and in Him there is no darkness (1 John 1).
He
has called me and you. He has made us worthy. Plug into His Will and discover the limitless possibilities He has laid out...all of which far surpass any dreams we may have ever had.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Power switch on
This week we are talking about "switching majors". My switch was more like a light switch that you turn on.
This fall, I switched on POWER.
God's word says I have a spirit of power - love- and self control. But for so long I've had that switch turned off. See, I know that I am a powerful person - confident, valuable, capable of great love. I feel it deep inside somewhere like a little furnace. But I have struggled for so long to believe it and walk in this truth. I wear timidity like a security blanket. I always thought it looked like humility - or others thought it suited me, like it went with my eyes or something. And sometimes, honestly, when people speak things over you for so long, you just believe that's the way it is.
God's word says I have a spirit of power - love- and self control. But for so long I've had that switch turned off. See, I know that I am a powerful person - confident, valuable, capable of great love. I feel it deep inside somewhere like a little furnace. But I have struggled for so long to believe it and walk in this truth. I wear timidity like a security blanket. I always thought it looked like humility - or others thought it suited me, like it went with my eyes or something. And sometimes, honestly, when people speak things over you for so long, you just believe that's the way it is.
I don't know if you can relate, but it feels I've had a bad mix tape cycling in the back of my mind for many years. It's top hits include, "Nobody wants to listen to you", "Be quiet, be humble", "You are what they say you are", "I see you, leader, let me get out of your way". I was never quite sure how to turn it off, so I admit. Sometimes I danced to it.
But this fall, by God's grace, He showed me the POWER switch. Turning the switch on isn't rocket science - it really comes down to focusing on God's truth- about me. What does the Bible say about me? What do I know to be true about me? Turning off the background track takes practice. I'm still working on that one. But I'm getting better. When situations arise that used to overwhelm me causing me to shrink back, I think again of the above verse - I have a spirit of power. I remember that God has equipped me for every good work He puts before me. And most of all I remember - He is with me - always.
We are called to be powerful people. We are called to be leaders (aka servants) in our realms of influence. God is able to do amazing things in us and through us.
You are powerful.
It's time to start happening.
Is your switch on?
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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