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Launching a new Publication

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 7, 2020
My book Equipped! (See cover below) is ready to be printed in Pakistan after being translated into Urdu (see picture of a page below).
 
I have had the translation work checked by American friends who worked long term in Pakistan and they said it was well done.
 
The translator said that working on the book has brought great change to his spiritual life and that of his family. He is very enthusiastic about how the book could influence the lives of Christians there and has made plans for distributing it. He already has pre-orders. The proceeds will go to Christians there, not to me.
 
Printing the book costs money. I am putting some of my own into this and wondered if you would like to contribute to this ministry possibility. If you would, you can use the paypal button above to give or the link here: paypal.me/SMWibberley The goal is $3000 for the first printing and formating by the publisher.
 
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Thanks for considering this.
 
آٹھواں حصّہ: زندگی بھرکی مشق
تیسواں باب : غوروخوض (مراقبہ)
گیارواں سچ: پاک کلام پرغوروخوض ہماری زندگی بدل دیتا ہے
مَیں اِس سے پہلے بھی اِس بات کاذکرکرچکا ہوںکہ مَیں بل گوتھرڈ کے سیمینارمِیں گیااور یہ کہ وہ میرے لئے کتنامدد گارثابت ہوا تھا۔ جب مَیں اُس کے سیمنارمِیںپہلی بار گیا تویہ مجھ پردوطریقوں سے اثراندازہوا۔
پہلا یہ کہ اُس نے پاک کلام کی سچائی کوکس طرح قبول کیا اور اُس سچائی کی قدروقیمت کیاتھی ۔ ایمانداروں کے لئے یہ محض ایک بیان ہے، لیکن مجھے ایسالگا کہ جیسے مَیں اس مِیں (pick and choose) کے عمل سے گذررہا تھاکہ زندگی مِیں اِس کے اطلاق کے لئے کس چیزپریقین کیاجائے ۔ مجھے اِس بات کے لئے سزاوار ٹھہرا دیاگیاکہ اگرمعافی اور معاف کرنے کا وقت آیاتومَیں خُدا کی ہدایت پررتی بھرعمل درآمد نہیں کررہا تھا۔ جب مَیں نے اِس سلسلے مِیں صحائف انبیاءکا حکم مانا تو وہاں ایک نئی آزادی تھی۔
دوسرا طاقتور پہلو غوروخوض تھا۔ بل گوتھرڈ کی اپنی زندگی سے پیغام اور مثالوں نے مجھے بہت متاثرکیا اور مَیں نے اپنی زندگی مِیں اُن کا اطلاق کرنے کا عزم کیا۔
بِِل نے ہمیں اِس شرط پرایک کتاب مفت مِیں دینے کی پیشکش کی کہ ہم اُسے پورا پڑھیں۔ تاہم ، اُس کے مقابلے مِیں اِس ترغیب نے مجھے کچھ خاص متاثرنہ کیا کہ خُدا کا پاک کلام سیکھنے کی خواہش میںاُس کے ساتھ تعاون کروں۔ رُوحوں کی تبدیلی کے لئے خُدا کے ساتھ تعاون مِیں غوروخوض بہت ضروری ہے۔ جیسا کہ ہم ذکرکرچکے ہیں، ہماری رُوحوں کے تین بڑے حصے ہماری مرضی ، ہمارے جذبات اور ہمارے دماغ ہیں۔غوروخوض رُوح القدس کے ساتھ مل کراِن عناصرمِیں تبدیلی لانے کے لئے کام کررہا ہے ۔
زبور1غوروخوضکے لئے کچھ سمجھ بوجھ عطاکرتاہے۔ دلچسپ بات یہ ہے کہ اِس کا آغازہمارے تین گناہوںکونظراندازکرنے سے ہوتاہے۔ جو بنیادی طورپرحفاظتی لباس کے پہلے تین حصوں سے ہم آہنگ ہے:
”مبارک ہے وہ آدمی جوشریروں کی صلاح پرنہیں چلتا۔۔۔۔۔“
مبارک ہیں وہ جو بدکارنصیحتوں کومسترد کرتے ہیں ، خُدا کا مشورہ لیں اور خُدا کے ساتھ اپنے رشتے کاتحفظ کریں ، سچائی کا کمرکس باندھیں رکھیں۔
”اور نہ گناہگاروں کی راہ مِیں قدم رکھتاہے۔۔۔۔۔“
وہ گناہگاروں کے راہ کومسترد کرتے ہیں ، یہ جانتے ہوئے کہ یہ اندرونی کشمکش کاباعث بنے گا،اِس طرح راستبازی کے بکترپرقائم رہیں۔
”اور نہ ٹھٹھابازوں کی صحبت میں بیٹھتاہے۔۔۔۔۔“
زبانی طور پر طنزاور حملہ کرنے کی بجائے: خُدا کے لوگ پسند نہیں کرتے اور نہ اُن کے ساتھ متفق ہوتے ہیں ، وہ اُنہیں معاف کردیتے ہیں ، امن کے جوتے پہنے رہو۔
دوسری آیت ہمیںدومثبت چیزوں کا حوالہ دیتی ہے جوخُدا کے لوگ پسند کرتے ہیں۔
”بلکہ خُداوند کی شریعت مِیں اُس کی مسرت ہے ۔۔۔۔۔“
خُدا کا کلام ہے جواُس شخص کومسرور، شادمان اور خُوش کرتاہے۔ اِس کامطلب یہ ہے کہ جب اُس کا ذہن آزاد ہے اورجوآتاہے یہ پاک کلام سے ہے ۔ یہ اُس کی شادمانی کا بہت بڑا ذریعہ ہے۔ ہم بتاسکتے ہیں جب ہم کسی چیزیا کسی سے لطف اندوزہوتے
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Psalm 26:1

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 6, 2020
Psalm 26:1 “Vindicate me, O LORD,”
[You, Lord Jesus, are the only One who can remove the deserved accusations against me; I am, in myself, a sinner only worthy of condemnation. But you are the One who, in your death and resurrection, bought for me forgiveness and honor, power and transformation, granting to me your righteousness.
Therefore, you can and do vindicate me before Satan and his accusations, before myself and before others. It is your righteousness that declares my innocence: “Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us” (Rom. 8”:33,34).]
Psalm 26:1b “for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.”
[This I cannot say about myself, Lord–I sin every day in my thoughts; I waver every hour in my decisions. I need your help to trust, and then you vindicate me: “Trust in the LORD, and do good… Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday sun” (Psa. 37:3,5,6).
Praise you for the new start every day—actually, every minute. I thank you for your grace-filled kindness to me, to your creatures, to your creation.
As we wait for the great and total restoration of perfection, we can heed your call in Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” As we delight in you, you will put into our hearts the right desires and then fulfill them at the perfect time.
Praise you for your great patience, Lord God, waiting until all who are willing to believe are swept into your kingdom, and then you will bring the day of judgment, righting all wrongs and eliminating all evil, ushering in an eternity of Light and Love and limitless Life.
I revel in your forgiveness and love, I give you glory and honor, Lord, for you are absolutely worthy of it.
 
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Peace in Turmoil

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 5, 2020
A good devotional for post election day fears and jitters.
 
“Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me….Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight.”
Psalm 43:3a,4
 
Dawn comes and I awake to have my time with God. But there is no freshness, He seems far away. What is wrong? Is it sin? (I confess all the Spirit brings to mind.) Work overload? Tiredness? Probably some of each, but mainly it is my feelings.
 
Emotions are definitely the least reliable part of my being. When I allow them to rule, I end up feeling like this fellow below, out of touch with reality and at the mercy of whatever emotional wind that might blow.
 
To combat these negative feelings, I need to keep an ear open to the Spirit’s conviction and guidance, and to press on with what is right: worshiping, confessing, reading, praying, trusting that God is as near as He promised.
 
This is a chance to live by faith, to believe God’s Word when I have no inner confirmation. It’s a chance to be weak, to live by faith, to praise Him for what I don’t like (feeling far away) and to go again to Scripture to remind myself of Truth.
 
Psalm 43:2 expresses my feelings well: “Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” Then verse 3 gives me a good prayer to combat this: “Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me [not my feelings], let them bring me to your holy mountain, the place where you dwell.” God’s Word gives light, and I can affirm by faith that I am with Him who is “my joy and my delight,” and I praise you, “O God, my God.”
 
The advice in the last verse of Psalm 43 speaks strongly to me, “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”
 
He is at work and is carrying me along whether I sense it or not! He will work all out, so I can praise Him ahead of time for and in all.
All this brings to mind that beloved saying, “Knowing Jesus is enough for joy.” This is a chance for me to live it willfully by faith!
 
Prayer: “Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to believe and trust you when my feelings tell me the opposite. Help me to think Truth, to act on Truth, to praise according to Truth today. Amen.”
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Ongoing Revival

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 4, 2020
Today’s post is a bit long, but worth the read, I believe.
 
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best ….”
Philippians 1:9,10
 
Yesterday was a test for me as I set off to do errands, 14 in all. I’d prayed about them and most of them went smoothly except two, the last, and most desired ones. My natural reaction was to focus on these unaccomplished items, to be distressed and upset.
 
However, as part of the on-going revival in my life, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the habitual sins I had “confessed ahead” just that morning: complaining instead of praising, idol worship (“If this doesn’t work out, I can’t be happy”), judgmental, negative thinking, and selfishness. So, with His help, I deliberately chose to reject these and instead to praise Him for what couldn’t be done and to thank Him for what was accomplished.
 
With His guidance, I chose to “let go of the temporal, hold on to the eternal and rise above.” There is such freedom in this; when I got home, I could be pleasant and positive with my little wife, having no burden of discontent.
 
What keeps this revival going? There are four principles which open the way to continual refreshment in my life.
 
1. Small things repeated often are powerful.
Taking vitamins and brushing your teeth regularly bring long term positive results. Regular quiet times bring bigger results as I follow the disciplines of daily worship, confession, being in the Word and prayer—these are cooperation with the Spirit in being transformed.
Along with this, asking for revival every day is effective, if we add the next 3 principles.
 
2. Deal with the next sin God is pointing out.
What is God convicting me of? This “next sin” is often something that appears to be small and unimportant, (grouchiness, unnecessary snacks, staying up too late, etc.) but is a key to a significant issue in my life. Deal with it: name it, confess it, forsake it. Adrian Rogers is credited with saying, “What we believe we obey; all the rest is religious talk.”
 
3. Confess ahead.
Another small act that adds up. It is powerful to regularly confess my tendency to commit certain sins (at present I have a list of 52! I “confess ahead” 10 or so a day), to ask for help in rejecting these tendencies and commit to obedience. Doing this reminds me of my weaknesses, helps me to be alert to my tendency to react naturally, and to instead choose the supernatural response.
 
4. Be aware of how our worldview tends to blind and bind us.
Ask God to help us discern where our natural thinking and values conflict with His. Ask Him to help us discern what is of the world, the flesh and the devil so we can reject them and do the opposite, obeying Him.
 
If we practice these principles, our love will “abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that we may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness…to the glory and praise of God” (Phil. 1:9-11).
 
Prayer: “Lord, help me to be consistent in spending time with you in the Word and prayer, in confessing ahead and dealing with the next sin. Help me to see where my natural worldview clashes with yours and to make the necessary shift. Amen.”
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Lilly Pads and Sin

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 3, 2020
A story taken from chapter 15 of the book “EQUIPPED!”
Dave pulled into the driveway and parked. He was looking forward to his lesson with Jack, but when he knocked on the door, there was no response. So, he went around to the back of the house, walked down toward the pond, and found Jack standing knee deep in the water, pulling up lily pads.
“Good morning!” Dave called, and Jack waved a muddy hand. “I’ll be up in a few minutes; just let me finish with this patch,” he called.
Dave watched Jack reach down deep into the water with both hands, feel around for a bit, then pull up a long dark root. With it came several lily pads and flowers, all tied together by the tuber. Jack then threw them way up on the bank.
Pulling up the last bunch with its roots, Jack waded to the shore and dropped it on the bank. As Jack rinsed the mud off his hands at the edge of the pond, Dave asked, “Why don’t you just pull off the pads and flowers instead of messing with those ugly, muddy roots?”
“Because lily pads are like sin,” answered Jack. He paused, enjoying Dave’s look of bewilderment. “Just like sin, lily pads are attractive to look at: beautiful, graceful white flowers floating among lovely green leaves. But they are destructive. If left unchecked, lily pads will fill the whole pond, choking out other plants and animals. And under those beautiful flowers and leaves hide ugly things: slime, bloodsuckers, worms and snakes, to name a few!”
Jack leaned down and picked up one of the roots he’d thrown up on the bank. He held it up, a dark, gnarled, muddy tuber with long, white ugly stringers hanging from one side, and on the other the slime-covered stems ending in leaves and flowers.
“Look at this. Like the root of sin, it’s ugly. See what it’s done to my hands?” Jack held up his free hand, stained a dark purple from the roots. “The last time I did this, one of my fingernails got infected from working with these. And smell this!” He held the root up toward Dave’s nose. Dave pulled back as the odor of rotting mud and slime assailed his nostrils.
“Just like the stench of sin uncovered,” said Jack, throwing the root back on the ground. “And like sin, unless you remove it far from where it was growing, it will re-root and grow again. That’s why I’ve thrown these way up on the bank where there is no moisture to help them stay alive.”
“Look at this.” Jack held up a stem growing from the root; it was coiled up like a telephone cord. “This young stem was below the surface, slowly straightening out to bring its leaf to the surface. If I’d just picked off the leaves and flowers I could see, within a short time this young leaf would have been up on the surface to replace them, keeping the plant healthy and strong.”
Dave stood thinking on what Jack had said. “It’s like confessing in layers, isn’t it?” he said. “If you only get rid of the pads and flowers, not the stem, the shoots and the root, it’s going to grow right back!”
“Good application,” said Jack as he turned and walked up to toward the shed, where he turned on the hose to wash the mud off his hands and bare feet. “Confession in layers is the only effective way to root sin out of our lives. And as you read chapter 16 [in “EQUIPPED!”], you’ll see how to apply this to a very specific and significant area of your life.”
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Psalm 25:21-22

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 2, 2020
You only, Lord God, are my mighty Shield, my high Fortress, my powerful Defender, standing firm against the attacks of the enemy. You are my God, my great Rock in whom I take refuge, my Protector, the Provider of my salvation and my Stronghold. “I call to you, O Lord, who are worthy to be praised and so I am saved from my enemies!” (Ps. 18:16-19).]
 
Psalm 25:21 “May integrity and uprightness protect me,”
 
[I praise you, Lord Jesus, for the integrity and uprightness of your character and that you have imputed these to us, your children. Help me to live in your integrity (doing what I say I believe) and in your uprightness (obeying what you say is right) so I can give you honor and glory in all.
 
“because my hope is in you.”
 
Praise you that I can do what is difficult and unnatural (like offering the sacrifice of thanksgiving in the midst of trouble), because my hope is in you alone. In you there is the certainty of help, guidance, and protection.]
 
Psalm 25:22 “Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!”
 
[Praise you, O God, for your great act of redemption in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this you have provided salvation for all in all our troubles.
 
I pray that you will save me from my present troubles, Lord. Help me in the midst of them to act in wisdom and obedience to you and your Word. I praise you now for how you are going to help me today. Amen.
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Psalm 25:19-20

Published by S.M. Wibberley on November 1, 2020
Psalm 25:19 “See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!”
[Satan, who is the great angry dragon as in the picture below, is always after me, seeking to trap me, to trip me up, even to take me out–if you, Lord, gave permission. I am too weak to stand against him and the people he uses.
 
But I praise you that you are very aware of my situation and are protecting me moment by moment in your great Power. As your Word says, “The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him and delivers them” (Ps. 34:7).]
Psalm 25:20 “Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame,”
[Every day I must appeal to you, Lord Jesus, to rescue me from my powerful enemies, from my foes who are too strong for me. Thank you that, instead of shame, you offer us honor–the honor of being your children, of belonging to your Kingdom, of joining you in your work, of keeping on the armor and standing against the enemy, and of living with and for you.]
“for I take refuge in you.”
[This is my part, I must flee to you, my High Tower, my Rock of Salvation, instead of trusting in myself. I do this by recognizing my weakness and need, and offering praise and thanksgiving for whatever comes, asking for your help and obeying what I know to be true.
Help me today, Lord, to consistently take refuge in you, keeping on the armor, under girding all by prayer and doing what I know to be right.
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Juneau, Alaska

Published by S.M. Wibberley on October 31, 2020
Chapter 15 Job hunting in Juneau
The next day I was back on the Ketchikan ferry landing, heading to Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Built on the flatlands between the sea and glacier-filled mountains, Juneau has only sea roads leading to it. We arrived at 4 in the morning so I drove to the first gas station and hung out there until it got more light and the rain stopped.
 
I followed my usual pattern of buying eggs and bacon, then finding a camp ground to cook myself some good breakfast. But since the weather was constantly drizzly, I decided to find somewhere to sleep indoors. The tourist information office pointed me to a youth hostel where I was assigned a bed. I could leave my valuables there while I went to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) headquarters to see about a job.
 
It was not hard to find the BIA building in such a small city where the government had a big presence. The receptionist at the entrance directed me to the correct floor. I walked down the hall, looking for room number ten, and having found it, knocked on the door and went in. There were a number of people working at their desks. One looked up, “Can I help you?”
 
“Yes, I said. “In July I sent in my application to the BIA for a teaching job and I’m here to start.”
 
“Really?” said the man. “Give me your name and let me look up your file.”
 
He came back in a few minutes later. “We’ve got no record of it here. We’ll probably have to get it from our headquarters in New Mexico. It may take a few days. Check back with us in a week.” He paused, then asked, “Where will you stay?”
 
“I have a bed at the youth hostel in town.”
 
“If you’d like, you can stay at a cabin I have out of town. It’s a bit of a walk from the parking area, but it’s a pleasant place.”
 
“Wow, that would be great!” I said.
 
The man gave me directions and the key. Then he added, “One note of caution, the path to the cabin has berry bushes along both sides. Make sure you sing and whistle on the way to the cabin to warn any bears that may be feeding there!” He also gave me a package of moose meat to cook up. Pretty nice! Another touch from God.
 
The next day I spent in town, visiting a museum, then riding out to the big glacier outside the town where I had another good meal of eggs and bacon.
 
I also found out where there was a good Bible church and went there on Sunday for the service. A young couple invited me home for lunch after hearing about my plans. They had been BIA teachers in a village and told me some of their experiences.
 
They also gave me some significant advice. “There usually isn’t a lot of reading material in the villages. It would be good for you to join a book club so you can get a good book each month,” the husband told me.
 
He handed me a paper, “Here is an application form for Word Book Club. As soon as you know where you will be, send this in.”
 
I took the form gladly, but had no idea how important, how life-saving and life changing this advice would prove to be.
 
On Monday I went to look for a temporary job and got hired as a carpenter. Fortunately it was rough carpentry as that was as much as I was capable of.
 
After a couple of days I decided to go back to the BIA office and see if they’d made any progress with my application.
 
“Are we glad to see you!” exclaimed the owner of the cabin. “We’ve been looking for you, even had announcements on the radio for you to come.
 
“There is a teaching position that desperately needs to be filled. It’s in an Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island,”
 
“Sure, why not?” I said, “I want to teach and they need me. that’s enough.”
 
Arrangements were made for me to fly to Anchorage two days later. I immediately went to the local motorcycle shop to see if they wanted to buy my bike. The owner offered me a reasonable price and we made a deal on the spot. Another Jesus sighting.
 
 
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The Wonder of our God

Published by S.M. Wibberley on October 30, 2020
“I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psalm 18:1,2
 
Thank you, O God, for the opportunity to praise you in and for whatever comes, to trust you to carry me through. I can do this because you are:
• The Lord God,
• Triune Ruler,
• Eternal King,
• Unchanging Sovereign,
• Undefeated Commander,
• Wise Judge,
• All-Powerful Leader,
• Mighty Shepherd,
• Merciful Savior,
• All-knowing Guide,
• Unshakable Rock,
• Safe and High Tower,
• Our Ever-present Salvation.
 
To you, O Great One, belongs praise and honor, glory and strength. To you belongs awe, amazement, reverence and surrender. To you belongs fear, denial of self and taking up of our cross daily. We can submit to you because:
• You know what is right,
• You know what is best,
• You know beyond the moment,
• You know all that will be.
Therefore:
• You are the One to be trusted,
• You are the One to be honored,
• You are the One to be obeyed.
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As I look at today, it is wonderful to know that you are going to work all things out for good, leading me through the maze of events, the succeeding challenges and adventures and the battle against the evil one. In all I can rest in you, in your goodness, in your love and in your power.
 
Prayer: “Today may you be honored in my life, in my thoughts, in my motives, in my confession, in my transparency before you. May you be glorified by my trusting you, not myself. May you be honored in my praise, in my actions, in my relationships, in my eating, in my work.
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Joy

Published by S.M. Wibberley on October 29, 2020
 
Thank you, Lord, that, even though it is dark and gloomy out today, within me is your light, your Sonshine to warm and cheer me.
I praise you that you want us to have joy: rich, deep, abiding, refreshing and empowering joy. The flow of this joy is dependent on you, and therefore is fully independent of circumstances, feelings, suffering, persecution, weakness or difficulties.
However, the acceptance of such joy into our lives is dependent on us: “May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace AS YOU TRUST IN HIM…” (Rom. 15:13).
This joy is like a beam of light shining into a dark room through a hole in a wall; if we stand before it, we are enlightened, warmed and encouraged. If we move away from it, we may see it, but it does not touch us.
We have to look away from the darkness of this world and come to you, trusting you to be our Light, our Lord, our Life, and walk in your way. As it says in Proverbs 4:18, “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining on ever more brightly till the full light of day.”
Then Psalm 86:4 gives us another aspect of receiving joy, “Rejoice the soul of your servant, O Lord, for I lift up my soul to you.” It is that coming into the light, looking to you, Lord, being transparent, open, honest before you, confessing our worries, fears and frustrations to Him, comparing them to Truth and laying them aside as we stand in the warm, healing light of His presence.
This is what Jesus desires for us. In John 15:10,11 He said, “If you keep my commands [don’t worry! Don’t fret! Don’t fear! Trust in me!], you will remain in my love…I have told you this SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU and that your joy may be complete [full].” He wants us to be filled with His joy so that we might be light bearers, hope bringers, faith carriers and love givers to all those around us.
If I am negative, worried, fearful, discouraged or complaining, I have stepped away from the light, turned from trusting you, Lord, and will blend into the dark shadows of this corrupt world.
But if I stand in your light, thinking truth, bringing all the sin and weight that entangles me to you, leaving them at the foot of the cross, then I will stand out sharply from the shadows, a flaming torch of hope and joy spilling light and love to all around me.
Lord, help me to live in your light, to rejoice in your goodness, to be filled with joy because I know you, the mighty Creator, the majestic Ruler, the marvelous Shepherd, the magnificent Savior.
Help me, Lord God, to let go of the temporary that entangles and tramples my soul; to hold on to the truth that frees, enlightens, equips and brings joy; and help me then to rise above whatever comes, soaring on the wings of truth, borne up by the shining feathers of your grace and goodness.
Help me to move forward in your love and light today, drawing ever closer to you so that your joy may fill me to overflowing and bring light and life to all those around me.
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