STEEMCHURCH: Lack of light

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Definitely live days of tension, insecurity, anxiety, nonsense, poverty and hopelessness. These are times that for those of us who have faith in the eternal, present themselves as a challenge to place trust in our only hope, this is in God. The reality of God is very clear, his evidences are notorious. In the mouth of the prophet Isaiah, the divine words tell us: "He who saves me is close to me", "... behold, the Lord God will save me."
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I am struck by the expression "HE THAT WALKS IN DARKNESS AND LACKS OF LIGHT". It is an expression that we could well contextualize to our day. We are all lacking energy that produces light, we are literally in darkness. A morning paper indicated days ago saying "The country is off".

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This brings with it a series of difficulties, which we have learned to silence and assimilate as usual, but the truth is that every time the light disappears, an air of tension and restlessness overwhelms the vast majority of inhabitants of this half island. . Nervousness, curses and despair are proper when light is lacking. It is an ancient problem in these lands. The book "Report of a spy" dated in 1845, the author comments on life in the town of Santo Domingo de Guzmán saying: "One of the biggest problems at night is the darkness in its streets, because of lack of resources you can not buy oil for the lanterns. " Do not you think you're known!
more than a hundred years ahead?

DARKNESS AS A SYNONYM OF SIN

Material light, for our times, is essential. Much moves based on electrical energy. The factories, the clinics, the houses, in short many things.

But let's leave these kinds of problems aside for the moment. Rather I want to point out a much more powerful light that leaves a luminous trail more rooted in the people who require it.

I refer to the light of testimony and social influence. To that projection that each person radiates in their environment. Jesus talking about the influence of John the Baptist said: "It was a torch that illuminated ...". The life of missionary David Livingstone in Africa is summarized as follows: "His contribution was so significant that to date his light did not go out ..."

Looking at it like this, something much deeper is happening inside our society. We are certainly lacking the true light. The entire crisis arises due to lack of consistent leadership, due to the lack of a moral background. More than important positions, references are lacking. There are no lighthouses that mark the course of the lost. And when there is no light, Isaiah says: "... he walks in darkness." And walking without light is to walk with bumps, with danger of falls.

Seen in this way, we can visualize dense darkness surrounding our society. There is darkness regarding morality and ethics. The works of darkness are already so evident, that apparently most already take them as something natural.

These shadows are expressed in a relaxed moral, where the bad has connotations of good. We see an amazing growth of evils, fruits of darkness. This in the sexual field, in politics, in sports, education and others. That many times it is not worth mentioning them, this in obedience to the Lord who says: "Neither names what they do in the dark". The teaching of the message of Christ is clear. When we look at the human heart we see lewdness, greed, hatred, pride, anger and jealousy that are destructive. This is in the human heart, and this is what the Scripture calls sin.

The effect of sin, according to Jesus, is not manifested in pain, poverty or bodily deterioration, but rather in the dethroned faculties, in the unworthy loves, the low ideals, and a spirit brutalized and enslaved by darkness.

Definitely, dense clouds of darkness surround our environment. We are short of light, and this produces overflows. Many bad guys do in the dark what they do not dare to do when there is light. Every evil work is linked to darkness.

Biblically speaking, light is identified with those who do the will of God, and the darkness of those distant from the Kingdom of God. Therefore when referring to the disciples of Jesus they are sentenced saying: "You are the light of the world ..."


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HOW TO PROJECT THE LIGHT IN THE DARK.

When the light is projected, it shows its effect. Put in a high place so that others see the light. Especially those who are lost in a sea of ​​darkness. This is what Jesus taught.

We are not required other than to shine. I remember as a child singing a melody that says: "This is my little light, I'll let it shine ... Shine where you are". And it is precisely this, let it shine, not hide it. Possibly it will bring problems to him, since for many the darkness is preferable, thus to hide itself and to make all kinds of perverse machinations. No matter the cost, we have a call to shine, to penetrate with light in the dark ..

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It is light in the dark when it is antagonistic to the works of the bad. That is, truthfulness in the midst of lying; Honesty in the midst of corruption; fidelity in the midst of infidelity; good sense in the midst of imbalance. This is nothing more than being a counterculture to what for many is already natural. As when we say "we are already used to being without light".
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Each challenge will make us climb new spiritual levels in the Lord, it is necessary to keep us in prayer and meditate on his word to be able to endure, we will end up in victory and approved. God bless you

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The light of Jesus that shines in every place, d a light in the darkness

Neither does a light come on and it is placed under a bushel, but on the candlestick, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Matthew 5:15

amen brother, thanks for checking my blog

The light illuminates the way from the darkness. The light radiates our soul making us whole. Christ is our light.

Great post @marcelo182 we are saved because we have God. Though we sin against him, but father and son under no circumstance God will reject us sons

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