When I think about God’s light and how we are called His love to spread,
It makes me wonder how we live our lives, from our waking to when we go to bed.
Do we let His light shine through us, like an empty space, leaving no trace of its touch?
Do we merely reflect it like a mirror, never absorbing, though “giving” much?
In reality, we are like windows of stained glass, created to magnify God and show the glory of His light,
Reliant upon Him to fill us with His Spirit, that we may for Him shine bright.
It is the Lord who brings light into our lives, and gives diversity and color to our human existence.
As citizens of His kingdom, we should allow Him to shine in and through us without resistance.
Lord, I pray that we would always desire to remain close to You,
That Your light in our lives will be a testimony that our faith is true.
Lord, You have a plan for this world, and You are fully able to see it through.
However, it is also Your desire for Your children to have a part in it, working alongside You.
Lord, I pray that You would use me mightily to bring Your kingdom on Earth,
Preaching the message of the Cross, showing the lost the way to Jesus and spiritual rebirth.
But I also pray that I would be diligent and obedient in the small things first,
Such as prayer, fellowship and daily reading Your Word-to tire of and ignore them would be the worst.
Teach me to follow You closer in deed, word, and thought,
That to the lost I might reach out in Your love, as I ought.
Lord, may I live my life looking with great anticipation
To the day when You will call Your children home from every nation.
When You look at me, may it be with a smile brighter than the sun
As You say, “Good and faithful servant, well done.”
Lord, how true is Your Word that sin’s pleasure only lasts for a season;
After the buzz, it leaves me feeling drained and hollow, and here is the reason:
Nothing of this world can truly satisfy the crucial need we have in our innermost parts.
Only You can enter our lives and make us whole, bringing restoration to our souls, minds, and hearts.
If we allow You to enter our lives, a journey we could not imagine begins.
In You we have the promise of life everlasting, as well as freedom from our sins.
Open the eyes of our hearts, O God, that we may see the truth and desire
To dwell and fellowship with You in this life and forevermore, and pray that Your Holy Spirit light in us a fire
To follow and obey Your perfect will, to seek after those who are lost.
May we ever seek to honor and obey Your commands, to follow You, no matter what the cost.