Shine!

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. I want your todays to be times where you are so close to Me that you are in My will without totally realizing it.  When you walk with Me this closely there is nothing that can harm what I Am forming in you, though the enemy tries.  When you walk with Me, you more easily reflect My light such that you shine like the brightness of the sun on a cloudless day, and others take notice.  This is when your flesh has been conquered and it doesn’t hinder the shining of My light, but this requires deep surrender and continual victory over the flesh, and this is My warning that this is a difficult thing to achieve while still in the earth.  The enemy still entices you and tries his best to cause your flesh to darken My light within so that the world sees Me dimly through you, and this is what is common in your walk with Me.  But do not become burdened at this, for to fully reflect My light would mean that you walk perfectly with Me, just as My Son, Jesus, did while He walked the earth.  Even so, when you walk obediently with Me, if it isn’t as perfectly as the way Jesus lived, you are still shining and this is what I desire.  Perfection is not attainable while you still dwell in your earthly tent, but you are still a formidable force with My Spirit within you.  Be encouraged, My loves, for I adore you and I will never leave you alone in your walk, and together we shine brightly.

 

Matt 5:14-16 (ESV) “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 

(John 15:4-5; Gal 2:20; Ps 16:8; Gal 5:16-17; 1 John 1:8; Rom 8:28-39; Matt 10:28; Phil 1:6; John 10:28; 1 Cor 15:31)