First off, HAPPY EASTER! I love this holiday so much because it is such a wonderful time where people join together, the weather is fantastic, and the opportunity to minister to other people is great! Christmas is a time of celebration, but had it not been for the rising of our Savior, the world would be the same as before Christ.
This week has been so amazing and I sat back in awe as God went before me and worked through me. I have been so blessed to encounter and become friends with some awesome people. So what is this week's lesson? Being a light in a dark place.
I don't think I ever realized how bright things are in Vegas. I've never missed a street because I couldn't read the sign. Perhaps, I was driving too fast and had to do a u-turn, but never has it been because I couldn't see the sign. Here, in lovely Jersey, I miss signs ALL the time, especially at night. The signs are lit up so good luck trying to find the street you need to turn on. Plus, the street lights are so dim and scattered that its hard to even see where you're going.
This week I realized that we should all strive to be like a Las Vegas sign: well lit and able to direct people in the right direction. I think that we so often get caught up in the "right way to say something" or "being so religiously correct" or maybe we get so caught up in our lives that we forget our one goal: to point and direct the way to the One who knows whats right and knows the path that is correct for each individual. However, you can think that you're pointing the right way. "Well God, I'm doing everything correct" or "Well I tell people about God all the time" but really? Are you? Do you think that using your words is enough? A street can be properly labeled but people can still miss it (as I've learned while living here), but if it is not properly lit that label is meaningless. 1 John 3:18 says this, "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."
So, how do you go about being well lit. Well, the truth of the matter is that it all starts with your heart. If your heart attitude is off, everything else will be off. I've learned over the past year that truly loving people has to come from your heart, not your mouth. I can tell you I love you all I want, but if my heart is not right there with my words its meaningless. But where does true love from the heart originate from? Well.. lets think about this. Who is the one who knows your heart? Who is the one who knows the way you show love? Who is the one who knows love above everything else? Got the answer yet? Well if you don't here it is: God! Truly knowing God and knowing how He loves is where you'll learn how to love which then results in you being "well lit"
I challenge you today to ask God how to love and to have Him show you His love.. Now be prepared for some storms, because sometimes we don't know how great His love is until we go through storms (both small and large)
I pray that God blesses you and that you become well lit signs that truly point the way to the One who knows all.
BLESSINGS!!
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