Until Christ Returns, Keep Working
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There is an interesting reality about darkness. The darker it gets, the brighter the light you have shines. I have one question I want to ask you.
Why did Jesus put his light in you?
He put his light in you so that you could shine in the darkness. He didn’t give you his light so you can complain about the darkness; he gave you his light so you could do something about the darkness. The expectation is that you would see the darkness and bring your light into it, and by so doing point people to Jesus.
This means people who are in darkness need to be shown light so they can potentially find their way out of the darkness. It seems for far too many we are either comfortable with people living in their darkness, or we simply don’t care. Instead of seeing people as blinded and being in bondage needing help, they have become the enemy and the opponent.
People who don’t know Jesus are not your opponents, they are your mission field. They are part of the fields that are ripe with harvest and Jesus expects you to be one of the workers who will work until he comes. Let it be that we would not be lamps under a bowl, which is of no value, and that we would become lamps on a stand that shine for all the world to see.
I want to end this article where I started, in Luke. The king went away, and he will return. We all know Jesus is coming back, we just don’t know when. If we want to truly honor him, let it be that he would find us at work doing what he has called us to do when he returns. These are the types of servants God is looking for.
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