LIGHT
17th Feb 2016
We were in Cornwall on a sunny winter’s day. There is a wonderful quality of light at this time of year, especially after weeks of overcast and rainy weather. A verse from the psalms came to mind, “The entrance of your word brings light.” (Psalm 119:130)
There is something uniquely powerful about God’s word. Visions, dreams and prophecies are very helpful and significant, however, I have found that in the final analysis, I want a word of scripture to stand on when I am going through times of testing.
When our children were in their teenage years, we were watching them struggle with all the pressures of life, and wondering whether they would grasp hold of a personal faith of their own? At our moment of crisis, we were given a scripture from Isaiah 44:3, “I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.” We would pray this daily over our children; there were no instant results, but the ‘word of God’ proved true in the end.
At a time when things were changing in my own life and ministry, and I didn’t quite know where things were heading, God gave me Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Many of our friends knew we were at a time of change and would ask me, “What are you going to do now?” Before I received this scripture, my question brought doubt and insecurity, but then I was able to answer, “I am going to do the works that God has prepared from me to do!”
That answer brought some puzzled looks from my questioners, but it brought peace to me, and I watched as God opened up new and exciting adventures in my life.
Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
In the daily challenge of life, ask God for the ‘word’ that will bring light and hope into your situation.
by Charles Sibthorpe
