Posted on 03/17/2020 1:41:33 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Lighthouses shine the brightest and are the most needed in the darkness of the storms of life to point to safety and preserve life. Thus are we to be Christ's lighthouse and a beacon of TRUTH, LIGHT and ETERNAL SAFTEY in such times to point all mankind to the Savior of their souls (Psalm 27:1, Matt. 5:16, John 8:12, Eph.5:22-23; Thess. 5:5, James 1:17, 1 Peter 2:9). Are we - as Almighty God's blood brought children - looking subjectively at our fallen world with all its innumerable crises and fears or are we seeing things objectively from Almighty God's ETERNAL and RIGHTEOUS perspective with the eyes of faith and the actions of believing (Prov. 3:5-6, Eph. 1-2; Col. 3:1-4)?
That is the question each one of us as Almighty God's children should be asking ourselves in this hour. Are we believing or unbelieving in such times? Remember this world is not our home and that ETERNITY with our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator and Savior Jesus Christ is our ETERNAL FUTURE (John 14:3, 1 Cor. 2:9, James 2:-8, 1 Peter 1:3-9, Rev. 21; 22:1-5)! This world is NOT our home, we're just a pass'n through! SO, in the light of ETERNITY, shine the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS LIGHT of the BLESSED Gospel of Jesus Christ and His ETERNAL REDEMPTION, HOPE, PEACE, FORGIVENESS, JOY, and LOVE in the storms of this life (John 15:1-8, 1 Cor. 1:30-31, Col. 1:27, Gal. 5:22-23)! You may be the lighthouse of Jesus that HE will use to bring a lost soul safe into the ETERNAL REDEMPTIVE Harbor of His SAVING GRACE and LOVE (Matt. 5:13-16, John 1:12, Acts 16:25-34, 2 Cor. 2:15; 5:17-21, Eph. 2:1-14, 1 Thes. 5:5, 1 John 4:10; Rev. 1:5)! Shine on!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
All I can do is help anyone in need and calm everybody by telling them to only fear God and pray for an end to this nightmare.
Brightly beams our father's mercy
From his lighthouse evermore,
But to us, he leaves the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.
I thought the greatest commandment is to love God.
I’m glad Jesus didn’t preach using capitalized words and numeric citations.
If you can’ be a full on lighthouse, at least don’t hide it under a bushel.
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