(KJV.) ST. LUKE 11:33
(33) No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
TORCHLIGHTS!
Grace be unto you! I could remember back in the days when the churches gave their members the platform to testify of the goodness of Jesus Christ during the time of worshipping; whatever happened to those moments of testimonies, praises, and adoration? Hmm! Is the modern day technology advancement replacing the joy and reverence of worshipping God? It is a pondering question!
Nowadays, our worship services have entered a newer platform, viewed as another drive-through establishment, generally speaking, we praise and worship God, on our own terms, but inwardly our hearts are far from him, cf. Isaiah 29:13 -14; we seat on the pews, but abstracted from what is going on around us, saying, "hurry up a preacher, rush through the sermon, and let's go home, the ballgame should be on now; I need to go shopping after this; I will stop by my auntie's house on my way home!"; "the prayer is too long, just have faith, it will be alright!; worshippers desire to worship God, only when comfortable, but on their own terms and conditions; saying, "if it is too cold outside, I will not go to church today; if I get blessed them I will give thanks to God."; today's message, is a wake-up call to Christian believers, let us honor the Lord with all our hearts, out of the seven days of week, it is only one day that we need to worship and praise him for taking good care of us, let us give praise where praise is due, never allow anything in this world the chance to distract you from worshipping God; when King Pharoah contended with Moses, refused to let go of the children of Isreal, God, instructed Moses to tell him, to let his people go, that they may hold a feast for him in the wilderness. cf Exodus 5:1; therefore, our worshipping God is the only thing he desires for us to do as his children, if we desire to worship and serve him, it is an icing on the cake; that comes with everlasting rewards.
Beloved, as lights of the world, let our lights shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our father which is in heaven. cf. Matthew 5:16; as we know, every good gift and every perfect gift is from above..cf. James 1:17; therefore, let us be the best we are in whatever we do, that the world may see how good we are in doing what we do, and give glory to Jesus Christ the giver of gifts; if we are gifted, the only way that people will give glory to Jesus through us, is if we utilize the gifts to help others, if we know how to do something, but, pretended like we don't know how at the time when we ought to help somebody with our gifts, we have the light within us, but it is deemed, and are not really shinning, because it is covered under the bushel; therefore, let us bring out our lights, display them on the candlesticks, that the world may see and glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the giver of gifts; when a light is turn on, darkness disappears, and we see our ways through life; therefore, it is imperitive to shine your light on a candlestick, not under the bushel, that they which come in from the dark, may see the light! Continue ye in Love! Jesus is coming back again soon! Peace and Love be unto you! Amen and Amen! Thank you for your time! God bless you!
WORD OF WISDOM:
(KJV.) Proverbs 6;23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
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