This Little Light of Mine

Matthew 5 & 6 are two of my favorite chapters in the Bible. Practically every day we live with arguments and debates over what the law says, and in these two chapters Jesus lays a few things out for us. He tells us exactly what God thinks about certain situations, and I love that because it comes straight from Jesus' mouth. It's not a disciple speaking, it's the Son of God. It's comforting to know that this way of life mentioned in Matthew is what God wants, because then I feel like I can do something right for Him.



On that note I would like to share one of my favorite parts of Matthew 5.



This weekend I went to a youth rally, and our focus was on tuning into God. At one point a speaker asked how you can help others tune into God. The answer is given by Jesus in Matthew 5:14-16:

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men,

that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

You want the world to know Christ? Allow them to see him through you. Our moms weren't kidding when they used to tell us, "Actions speak louder than words." Christ is living in you. He is your light! Allow him to shine through you.

This week and every following week make and effort to show everyone that you are a follower of Christ.

Jesus is NOT a nice Guy

Jesus is NOT a Nice guy

Whatever you have been told or come to believe yourself Jesus was absolutley not a nice guy. Was he a good man, yes, Righteous absolutley, sinless and perfect with out a doubt, but he was not a nice guy.  A nice guy would not call his elders and religious leaders [ignorant fools] or hypocrites (matt 23 : 23-37) a nice guy would not bind a whip out of chords and in a pre-meditated act of aggression chase merchants out of thier stores. Jesus was not a perfect child by todays standards he challenged his parents on multiple occasions the most notable by refusing to see them when he was back in his home town preaching.  One thing Jesus did do however was to follow the will of God. He did not like it all the time ( prayer before crucifixionLuke 22:42) but he was willing to do it. Just as Jesus was not a nice guy niether are you called to be a nice person. You are called to be a a strong person. the world will tell you that if you speak of your faith you are trying to impose it on them and that this is not allowed. They will also tell you that to say that your fiath is the right one is closed minded and bigoted. The world will tell you to let others alone and let them believe what they want. Jesus tells you thati f you do that then they go to hell. In fact he goes as far as to give the great commision and send you out into the world that tells you to leave them alone and make disciples of those people.(matt 28:16-20) 

The world will not like it in fact many of them will hate you for it but that was promised to us by Jesus at the begginning of this journey (matt 10: 17-20) but it is what you are called to do. Let no one tell you that it is not your place to decide what is right and what is wrong we know ,because of our Lord Jesus, the correct path. We are the true guides in this world, but we must show them the way with Love. We can not judge a persons righteousness or if they are worthy of God but we can love them and pray for them and more than that we can rebuke them for thier sins as long as we can be and have been rebuked and have repented of our own sins. It is time to stop letting the world dictate what kind of Christians we are allowed to be the time for being politically correct is at an end now is the time when the world needs Strong and Loving Christians which the world is ,sadly, in a short supply of.  It is our time to fill that need and fullfill the role that we were given here on this earth, to seek and save the lost.

Psalms 59:16-17

16 But I will sing of your strength, 

in the morning I will sing of your love; 

for you are my fortress, 

my refuge in times of trouble.

17 O my Strength, I sing praise to you; 

you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God

We often hear about how God will get us through things but how many of us really believe it? And even if we do believe it how many of us apply it to our lives every day? God cares about us and he wants us to succeed, and he wants us to succeed in a big way. In order to succeed in a big way though we have to overcome big obstacles, each of our obstacles will be different for some it might be a busy week at school with a lot of hard tests coming up, or it could be that our family is going through a hard time, or it may just be that we are having a hard time being a good friend, son, daughter, whatever it is there are obstacles to be over come everyday laid out by the devil in order to trip us and make us fall. If we remember though that God wants us to succeed and that with a little effort on our part we can succeed, that we can in a Christian and Christ like manner prepare and succeed on a test, be a better friend, make it through that busy time of the school year, and even be a more Christian and Christlike child. So this week pay attention to the obstacles you have to overcome and remember to call on God to get you through it and make sure to listen for your answer and just as importantly remember to walk as though God has already answered your prayer. This means that if you have asked God for help in studying then remove the barriers you can that would hinder you from studying, turn off the t.v, and your music ask your family to be quite so that you can study and then really try to focus on what you are doing and when you do that God will meet you where you fall short and help you to succeed. So this week expect success in your endeavors only if you ask God and take yourself to your full ability because that is where God will come and meet you and carry you the rest of the way. Have a Good week every one.