Today a message from one of my heroes Dr. Rutland stirred up my soul. He was recalling one of his crusades in Africa, He was packed in a tiny car with 5 other men on a dirt road. It was dark and raining heavy. were they were traveling in a dangerous place at a dangerous time. People were known to go missing because of the political up upheaval going on in that nation at the time. some of the locals he was traveling with began to fear for there lives because of the recent violence and Dr. Rutland Prayed ” I know Lord you will protect me and keep me safe because you love me” He then said the Lord replied to Him ” I might not; I loved John the Baptist and He was beheaded, I love Jesus my only begotten son and He was crucified, who are you to them” The Lord continued ” If you really trusted me you wouldn’t only trust me with your life but with your death also”.
Wow, thats powerful stuff. why do we always assume we know what the Lord is up to. sometimes its our time to die, get sick, lose, and fail but God has a plan that was set into motion before we were even born. Why would we assume we knew better than God. It reminds me of when paul say in 2nd Corinthians 12:10 “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong”
Paul knew that ultimately the Lord knows what he is doing and that knowledge of that is true strength. I have always said things can’t chase you if you stop running from them. So I challenge you to stop running from life’s problems. God is on the throne and nothing takes Him by surprise.
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Some times you say things so many times you forget how profound they are. “Never be afraid of the dark…simply turn on the light.” is what I said. It overjoyed me as I began to realize the change in this persons perception as I rattled off something I have been saying for years. The truth is that we only appreciate the light when we are in the dark. I understand darkness, you can’t see whats really going on, You don’t know where you’re going , and it is much easier to hurt yourself. The good news is the light switch. Jesus called Himself the light of the world and then later called us to be the light of the world. Why do so many people who claim to know the light live in darkness?
I can’t help but to find myself in dark times as everyone else its inevitable but I always know that I can turn on the light which is literally the a touch of God in my soul. I have always found it amazing that Jesus is “in” me…not on me or around me but in me. We always look outside of ourselves for the light switch. when the whole time The Lord speaks to our deepest most internal place, the soul.
The soul is the most ignored part of our bodies. We notice right away if we are hungry, in pain, comfortable but how often do we pay attention to the soft whispers of our soul. Yet that is where our divine Savor places the light that is Himself. We often look to outside of our selves for God yet he hung on a cross so that he could remain in us as we are in Him.
Is it dark? stop stumbling in darkness, Jesus put the light(himself) in you if you have accepted His Lordship.
I Have felt that the Lord would like me to enlarge my digital imprint on the world. As a preacher I its my destiny to reach as many people as possible so i am committing to doing this a couple times a week to share what God lays on my heart. I am excited!
