Daybreak!
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. Physics: visible electromagnetic radiation; "light" has numerous and varying definitions, such as: illumination, something that ignites, or a gleam in somebody's eye! No matter the definition ... whenever "Light" is present, darkness ain't got a chance; it's Daybreak!
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
(2 Corinthians 4:6)
You don't think your brains came from you, do you? We would be babbling nonsense without the Glory of God in creation. To God be the Glory for all things; He gives us the ability to think, to dream, to love, to imagine, to invent, to discover, to "be!" God IS! He turns the "light on" in our existence. We have our own wills, and He will not override those, but the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ comes from Him. "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:44) Are you drawn to the Lord? Do you feel a tugging at your soul? It is the Lord Jesus Christ wooing you ... don't push Him away! The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with lovingkindness." (Jeremiah 31:3)
"And a certain woman named Lydia, from the city
of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper
of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her
heart to respond to things spoken by Paul."
(Acts 16:14)
The Lord opened Lydia's heart to respond! The light of God drew her, and she was pliable in the mighty hand of God. I don't know about you, but I want to be someone to whom the God of the universe can reveal things, illuminate His Word, direct me and guide me, share His secrets with, bless and inspire, whisper His love, tell me to turn left because He knows there will be a head-on collision up ahead ... Can God do that? Oh, Yes, He can, and He does ... with those whose "hearts can be opened" to Him!
"For who has known the mind of the Lord or who became
His counselor?"
(Romans 11:34)
Can we know the mind of the Lord? "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 2:5) Barnes' notes, speaking of Jesus Christ, says, "The point here is, that he left a state of inexpressible glory, and took upon him the most humble form of humanity, and performed the most lowly offices, that he might benefit us." How do we know what Jesus Christ our Lord thinks? His Word, the Holy Bible; that's what He thinks. You say, "But, I don't always understand it." Yes, I agree; we must "study to show ourselves approved, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Timothy 2:15) It all comes down to the "light." Lord, illuminate our understanding, shine the light of your will upon our souls, bring brightness to our darkness, daylight to our midnight, and put "a gleam in our eye!"
"Pray without ceasing."
(I Thessalonians 5:17)
What is the switch that turns on the light? Prayer! We can go all around the world on our knees! When was the last time we spent all night in prayer? "All night?" you say. All night! There's nothing like "wrestling with angels," crushing devils, loosing angel warriors, bathing the world with groaning tears, flipping the light switch in every Nation, reaching into unsaved hearts, and last but not least, being washed with the light of God as He smiles on you in prayer!
LIGHT is "daybreak;" it comes after wrestling, after effectual fervent prayer, after blood sweat tears, after calling unto the deep, after fighting off the darkness, after bowing low to climb high ... After Jacob wrestled with the angel all night, for the answer to his prayer, the angel finally said, after he forced Jacob's hip out of joint, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
Why don't we "Wrestle with an Angel" ... and bring "Daybreak" to the world!
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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)
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