Luke 11:34 NLT "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is bad, your body is filled with darkness.”
When we study God's word we need to ask Him for wisdom, knowledge and understanding because if we don't the light we think we have might be darkness. The scripture warns us about this in verse 35, “Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.” We can easily get caught up in believing what we hear and not seeking it for ourselves. Or worse, we can let what we hear or feel get in the way and then be tossed by what we want to be right. Our love for family or friends cannot change the truth of the word, even if it doesn't make sense to us, God has everything under control.
We are told in Matthew chapter 10 verse 37, “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.” Depending how we feel this verse can change the light that is entering us and anything less than our love for Him as first is a dark light that can take root if we let it. I love my wife and kids but their choices can't make my decisions for what I believe and how I will live. That needs to be driven by the Holy Spirit showing us the truth in the word of God and then us living it out so people don't see hypocrisy but the light from the Lord. Verse 36 goes on to say, “If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.” I pray for that radiance that has no dark corners, so my growth can be shared and so that I am led by the Spirit not my feelings or emotions.
We are created in His image and as we let Him in, our actions will be the actions we get from the word. I want to end with verse 28, it is a great reminder of what we should do daily. “Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” Take it all in and let it shine out so the kingdom is effected every day. Amen
When we study God's word we need to ask Him for wisdom, knowledge and understanding because if we don't the light we think we have might be darkness. The scripture warns us about this in verse 35, “Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.” We can easily get caught up in believing what we hear and not seeking it for ourselves. Or worse, we can let what we hear or feel get in the way and then be tossed by what we want to be right. Our love for family or friends cannot change the truth of the word, even if it doesn't make sense to us, God has everything under control.
We are told in Matthew chapter 10 verse 37, “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.” Depending how we feel this verse can change the light that is entering us and anything less than our love for Him as first is a dark light that can take root if we let it. I love my wife and kids but their choices can't make my decisions for what I believe and how I will live. That needs to be driven by the Holy Spirit showing us the truth in the word of God and then us living it out so people don't see hypocrisy but the light from the Lord. Verse 36 goes on to say, “If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.” I pray for that radiance that has no dark corners, so my growth can be shared and so that I am led by the Spirit not my feelings or emotions.
We are created in His image and as we let Him in, our actions will be the actions we get from the word. I want to end with verse 28, it is a great reminder of what we should do daily. “Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” Take it all in and let it shine out so the kingdom is effected every day. Amen
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