Light and Rest
In John 1 we read that in Jesus was life and that life was the light of men. What does that mean? In Jesus was the Life of God (zoe: without death or stress) because He knew the Love of God (agape: love without any strings attached), which brought understanding (Light) to Him of His Father. Even so, for those of us who are children of God, in us dwells the Life of God in the person of the Holy Spirit. That life is meant to produce an understanding of the ease and rest in God.
This Life of God is a choice we make every day. It is not just a one-time choice when we get born again. Every day, before we get out of bed, we are already making choices. Are we frenetically planning our day so that we can get all accomplished that we have to do? Or are we taking the time to rest in the Lord, abide in His Love and enjoy His Presence? Out of that calmness comes revelation or understanding of our day. He will show us what to do. He will guide us. He is in charge.
We may have a thousand things on our mind and a multitude of things to do. That kind of mentality produces stress, which produces sickness and disease, which leads to our early departure from this earth. You see, satan has it all figured out. He doesn’t have to do a frontal attack on us most of the time. He can just stress us to death. That takes care of us. We are gone. And he starts on the next one and the next one and the next one.
Jesus rested in His Father’s care. He was always at ease and joyful because He knew His Father’s love for Him. Out of the love of the Father came the life of the Father (zoe) that knows no unrest and stress.
In our Lord is perfect peace, which comes from His indwelling perfect love. That perfect love produces a perfect life. That perfect life guides us into the perfect Light (understanding, revelation) of His Presence. In His Presence is fullness of joy. Joy is the strength of our lives. Joy is the product of LIFE.
There is the natural life and there is the eternal, God kind of Life (zoe). I know that every one of us will choose the God kind of life. There is no other way to live and be free of stress, anxiety and fretting. In these days we need to focus on God’s Love inside us which produces God’s Life flowing through us and shows forth God’s Light for all the world to see that we are different. Let His Light shine and they will come to you. “What is different about you?” they will ask, and you can tell them. What a divine way to witness! We let our lives speak. He does the rest.
This Life of God is a choice we make every day. It is not just a one-time choice when we get born again. Every day, before we get out of bed, we are already making choices. Are we frenetically planning our day so that we can get all accomplished that we have to do? Or are we taking the time to rest in the Lord, abide in His Love and enjoy His Presence? Out of that calmness comes revelation or understanding of our day. He will show us what to do. He will guide us. He is in charge.
We may have a thousand things on our mind and a multitude of things to do. That kind of mentality produces stress, which produces sickness and disease, which leads to our early departure from this earth. You see, satan has it all figured out. He doesn’t have to do a frontal attack on us most of the time. He can just stress us to death. That takes care of us. We are gone. And he starts on the next one and the next one and the next one.
Jesus rested in His Father’s care. He was always at ease and joyful because He knew His Father’s love for Him. Out of the love of the Father came the life of the Father (zoe) that knows no unrest and stress.
In our Lord is perfect peace, which comes from His indwelling perfect love. That perfect love produces a perfect life. That perfect life guides us into the perfect Light (understanding, revelation) of His Presence. In His Presence is fullness of joy. Joy is the strength of our lives. Joy is the product of LIFE.
There is the natural life and there is the eternal, God kind of Life (zoe). I know that every one of us will choose the God kind of life. There is no other way to live and be free of stress, anxiety and fretting. In these days we need to focus on God’s Love inside us which produces God’s Life flowing through us and shows forth God’s Light for all the world to see that we are different. Let His Light shine and they will come to you. “What is different about you?” they will ask, and you can tell them. What a divine way to witness! We let our lives speak. He does the rest.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:26 AM
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