This winter has been more extreme than most of us are accustomed to. With the wind and ice and snow many people across our country have had to endure days without electricity.
You may have experienced a time in your life when the power went out in the middle of the night and you hadn’t prepared by placing a flash light next to your bed. Even your familiar house becomes strange and threatening in the depth of darkness that accompanies a power outage on an overcast or moonless night.
This will help you to imagine the spiritual darkness of the world that seeks to live without the light of Christ. Danger awaits every step.
Into this world of darkness God sent His Son to be the Light of the world. Unfortunately some will reject Jesus because they have been hurt or abused by those who claim to bear His name. God’s name is not holy in the world when Christian people are rude, insulting, offensive or obnoxious.
Jesus has called upon us to let our light shine in the sin darkened world. None of us may ever be referred to as a "Saint" such as Saint Patrick, nevertheless, Lent is not a time to hide our Gospel light under a bushel but it is a time to brightly illumine the forgiveness, life and salvation that Jesus won for us on the cross.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we pray that the world will see the holiness of Your name through the light that shines forth from the lives of your Christian people. Amen.
God’s richest blessings in Christ,
Pastor Philip Quardokus
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