THE DIFFERENT WORLD…It is almost incomprehendible how different the visible world is from Christ’s world. And it’s amazing we’ve been invited to live in that world. These worlds are sooooo completely opposite in sooooo many ways. This verse explains it well….
“Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires…He
called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light.” ~I Peter 1:14; 2:9
Ours is a world of darkness. Christ’s world is one of light…Wonderful Light! This verse is not speaking of heaven, it’s speaking of a way to live in the present. Without Christ’s insight and wisdom, we grope around as though it were pitch black. But when we invite Christ to live within our person He starts breathing insight into us and the lights start pouring into us. We now have enough light to read ourselves well. We now have enough light to read others well. We even have enough light to read what’s going on in the world around us. The contrast is as shocking as going from pitch black to total light. I had that experience this morning in fact, when I turned on the bathroom light after being asleep for 7 hours. WOW! My retina’s were freakin! That’s what the Christ difference is like. It’s shocking to have that much vision! But what a wonderful thing to see that well. And yet, we can slip back into our dark habits. In fact it’s likely that we will drift back to doing the things that are only to desire-based living. Why do we do that? How can we experience the wonderful world of light, then slip back into groping around for ways to please ourselves? It’s a fascinating study in human nature isn’t it. But for this reason we find many warning in scriptures to patrol that border in our lives. Christ doesn’t want us going back to groping. We are called to something better…the wonderful world of light…THE DIFFERENT WORLD! ~verlon
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
ReplyDeleteA sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul. ~Plato
This blog today brings me back to a previous quote of mine..." The true Christian in his walk with Christ is not overcome by darkness nor blinded by the light."...Angelos
ReplyDeleteImagine 24 hours of light a day or inversely complete darkness for the 24 hours for long periods of time...In the northern latitudes when darkness comes without light for long periods you can get wacked out in the mind...Also extreme sunshine on the snow gives one snow blindness or just the white out of the blizzard....My point is that balance is of an important necessity too... “Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man”
My point is that we walk in a real world made of both for a reason and all things are of God's purpose..A glaring Spotlight into that darkness can cause one in that darkness to withdraw further into it.... Extreme Darkness can overwhelm us too.....Holding onto God's grace, God's righteousness, and God's compassion.. is a warm and soft light, eternal at it source, it defies both extremes perfectly... "Upright" means "Balanced"....The sacred heart and guiding light of Jesus Christ intercessor of imbalance is keeping us upright..
We must trust in the hands of God, the Holy Spirit, and that he can do what we cannot do for ourselves without ....The impossible balancing becomes possible balancing and "we" (As one) can walk on the waters of life...
Balance: "What not to do is of equal importance with what to do in getting something done." Angelos
ReplyDeleteWe are creatures of darkness. by our vary nature we try to hid from truth.
ReplyDeleteFrom Genesis 3:8 (And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.)
to Revelation 6:15-16 (And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,)
Same principle as being unable to look at your self in the mirror, but where the mirror only will reflect what you know to be true; your guilty conscious. God and his Word (The perfect light and only true mirror) shows you all your inequity at once and in plain view. In the presence of God there is no room to hide, misdirect, or put the best face forward. That is insanely uncomfortable. Until we realize That God Loves us not because what we do or don't do and that he is the only person that needs to be pleased (this includes dying to yourself) you'll continually be looking for ways to puff your self up, and when ever the light comes we will continue to run. The light will destroy the careful and complex systems we have established to hide from others and ourselves.