Obedience to God’s Call
Read the Bible through:
AM – Ezekiel 27-28 : PM – Heb. 12
A Light to the Gentiles
Acts 13:47-48
47 "For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Read the Bible through:
AM – Ezekiel 27-28 : PM – Heb. 12
A Light to the Gentiles
Acts 13:47-48
47 "For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Samuel Rutherford, the 17th-century theologian, was imprisoned because of his beliefs. While in prison, he wrote this soul-strengthening letter expressing the joy that sustained him through his trials:
“If God had told me some time ago that He was about to make me as happy as I could be in this world, and then had told me that He should begin by crippling me in all my limbs, and removing me from all my usual sources of enjoyment, I should have thought it a very strange mode of accomplishing His purpose. And yet, how is His wisdom manifested even in this! For if you should see a man shut up in a closed room, idolizing a set of lamps and rejoicing in their light, and you wished to make him truly happy, you would begin by blowing out all his lamps; and then throw open the shutters to let in the light of heaven.”
When the candles that light up our darkness are blown out, let’s rejoice that God is throwing open shuttered windows and pouring in the sunshine of His love.
Like Samuel Rutherford, let’s “walk as children of light”.
Thank You, Father, for the Light You provided to help me find my way to You
