Good Thursday morning! A busy day ahead for me and loads of fun for all of us... well, maybe not loads of fun. We can try all the positive this or possibility that we want in our minds, but some days just have to be endured. I don't expect one of those days, but I cannot tell what may or may not happen in the next 12 hours or so. However, I do want my light to shine this morning and throughout the day. Why does that happen to us as Christians? Why don't we want to hide in the darkness? Let's look for the answer in today's verse.
"But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants." John 3:21
Does it feel like you and I are doing what God wants all the time? Probably not, Jesus didn't say that only those who are perfect come into the light. Those who do what is right are those who believe in Jesus! Are we perfect then? Not in this earthly life we won't be; the sinful nature has not been put away from us yet. When Jesus sends the Holy Spirit into our lives, we want to do what is right and come where others like us are gathered. Not one of us is the ideal Christian that we are compared to and expected to be by the world. Of course, the world is in darkness and thus has no idea of what a Christian should be in any case. If you read God's Word with a cold intellectual eye, you will miss the Jesus whom those who believe have come to love.
What does God want us to do? We know that He wants us to obey His commands, but first all we have to do is backup a few verses to find the first thing God wants: He wants us to believe in Jesus, His one and only Son!
Have a wonderful Thursday!
Bucky
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