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GOD SEES YOUR LIGHT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
Genesis 1:1-5

Ephesians 5:1-14

 

Let the lower lights be burning.

 

GOD SEES YOUR LIGHT
 
The Lord has a special eye for light. At the creation, “…God saw the light, that it was good…” (Gen 1:4). At our conversion, He gives us His light. Thereafter He looks on that light with peculiar interest. Not only is it dear to Him as His own handiwork, but because it is like Himself, for “…God is light…” (1 John 1:5). It is blessed to know that God’s eye is tenderly watching over that work of grace which He has begun in you. He never loses sight of the treasure which He placed in our earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7).
 
Sometimes we cannot see the light, but God always can, and that is much better than our seeing it. I am comforted to know that I am one of God’s people, but more important is the fact that the Lord knows, so I am safe. “…The Lord knoweth them that are his...” (2 Tim 2:19). Dear child of God, you may be sighing and groaning because of some inbred sin, and mourning over your darkness. Yet the Lord sees the light in your heart, for He has put it there, and all the cloudiness and gloom of your soul cannot conceal your light from His gracious eye. Rise above your feelings and take heart, looking only unto Jesus (Heb 12:2).
 
Perhaps you have sunk low in despondency, and even despair; but if your soul longs for the Lord, and if you are resting in His finished work, God sees the light. He not only sees it, but He also preserves it in you. This is a precious thought to those who, after anxious watching and guarding of themselves, feel their own powerlessness to do so. At such a time, look to the Saviour. The light preserved by His grace will one day develop into the splendour of noonday, and the fullness of glory. His light within you is the dawn of the eternal day. He who began the good work in you will perfect it on that day (Phil 1:6).
 
THOUGHT: Our Lord says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matt 5:16).
PRAYER: Father, may I shine for Thee, that Thou mayst be glorified by my life.

 

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