I was a Christian, life was good. I had enough to eat, there were wonderful people around me and I used to believe that that was all that mattered until it dawned on me that there is more to life than we see. I knew God, I went to church and did what the world says a Christian should do until I finally had an encounter with the Lord which took my life to a whole new level.
I have gone through a lot of phases in my Christian life and every time I learnt something significant I never knew. I got to a point in my life where I thought I was really on fire for God. I was praying and reading my Bible as I was supposed to and doing all the good things but I was always ashamed of God. What do I mean by this? When you receive Christ you have authority to do a lot of things , you become confident and it's almost like nothing can stop you but sadly , I lost my confidence and became shy to let people know about my GOD.
I had always wanted to speak in tongues and finally the Holy Spirit granted me access to this wonderful gift. The best I could do was pray in tongues just so I would be edified but I never did. I was shy and scared about what people were going to think. How would they see me? Will they think I'm crazy ? I kept this all to myself and did nothing about it. I was always worried about what the world will think and not what God actually wants me to do. I have a lot of messages written about various scriptures in the Bible but I never shared them on any of my social media sites because I was thinking about how weird that would be or what my followers would think of me. I allowed the world to define my Christian life just because I wanted to run away from critics.
But then I asked myself, if I don't want others to know about the goodness of God then was I really the christian I thought I was ? I was reading the Bible one day and I happen to find this scripture~ Luke 9:26:
26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
That was when I realized I was going the wrong way in my Christian journey. I don't think any of us want Jesus to reject us on that day.
That was when I knew I had to come into the light and for me, that was the best decision I made. I have come to know God in a different way. I have and I am still experiencing true joy where nothing else seems to matter because I know I'm doing the right thing, all I can think about is Jesus. But then if I keep this all in and try to hide myself, my true self in Christ from the world then of what use am I to the kingdom of God?
In Matthew 28:19-20, we were commanded as Christians to go and make disciples of all nations. Commands are meant to be obeyed and I wasn't doing that by hiding in the dark. We must understand that we can minister to others not only through conversations but also through our lifestyles. Our lives must reflect Christ and not absorb Him! If we keep everything we know about God to ourselves then how would others get know him and come into the light? Jesus told Peter to feed His lambs if he says he loves Him and Jesus is saying the same thing to us today. If you love Him, share His word, share your testimony ,tell someone about that wonderful experience you had with God and save a soul from destruction. If Peter, the rock on which the church of God was built, was ashamed of the word and did not stand up for what he believed in would we have the opportunity to know about God ??
I have decided to shine my light so others could see the glory of God and not mine. I pray you do same too. People would begin to ask a lot of questions and pass a lot of comments as they did to Saul in 1 Samuel 10:9-12, but I want you to know that not everyone would understand what you have and don't let this bring you down, continue praying and do what your Creator has ordered you to do. Walk with your head up high because you are a loved child of a loved God. You can't hide in the darkness if you are made of light ~ Matthew 5:14-16.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Make a decision to live to reflect Christ today and you won't regret it. It's the most beautiful and fulfilling thing to do. I have not regretted my decision ever since and to me, its better than faking who we are to the world. Let us not show the world what they want to see, let us show them what God wants them to see because He made us and we live to please Him alone. We are in the world but we are not of the world.
The kingdom needs help. Now that we can boldly declare that we are not ashamed, it's time for us to be different from the others, it's time for us to shine our light in order to continue the kingdom business!
Prayer :Our Father in heaven I acknowledge that i was wrong and apologize for being selfish with my salvation knowing very well that there are people who need to know about you. I humbly asked that you bless anyone reading this with more authority and confidence than you have given me to enable them shine their light so your name would be glorified. Amen!
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I'm very proud of you baby girl. To God be the Glory. Great Things He' is actually doing. Wonderful writing style and very down to earth. Fantastic scripture reference and soulful inspiratiion. God bless you dear. Continue shining the light through His ways!!!!!