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2013-07-16 - Going Toward the
Light
In the shopping centers that I frequent, the traffic is so thick all day
long, that it is imperative to find a stoplight before exiting the centers
back onto the main roads, especially if you are turning left - and sometimes
even if you are going right (though that is often moot, for nowadays, many
drivers don't seem to recall or know that people going to the right have
the right-of-way over those turning left, anyway.).
It's like that in our walk with Christ, as well. We must always look for
the Light, head for the Light, and keep our eyes focused on the Light.
If we are dealing with what seems like an impossible situation in health,
in our family, at work, at church or anywhere - we head toward the Light.
If we are searching for answers, we need to look toward the Light. Even if
we are "going through the motions" in our relationship with God (and it happens
to many Christians, so don't feel alone or like a bad Christian, if you are
in that situation), it is vital that we move toward the Light. There is a
psychological principle that you can act your way into feelings, and that's
apropos for dry times in our faith. We must still head toward the Light -
keep praying, even if we don't believe prayers are being answered, continue
to go to church and receive encouragement and inspiration from our fellow
Christians, read the Bible even if we doubt that it contains answers for
us.
And we need to walk in the Light, living as the Bible teaches us, in a way
that we need not be ashamed. We need to live every moment, remembering that
Christ is right there with us and ask ourselves-what does He think about
this place I am visiting, or about what I just said.
No matter what - always walk toward and in the Light.
1 John 1:7 (NASB) But if we walk in the Light, as He Himself
is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Janice P. Moser
http://www.cfdevotionals.org
CFD | July 2013
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