Shining On and On and On

by Paul Dawn
Published August 11, 2006

Once again, here I am, in the early morning hours, sitting here, oil lamp lit!!

But what a difference, with a clean globe. How much brighter the light because I took time to clean the globe, removing the grim and soot, that had built up on it and fill the lamp with fresh oil. It seems like the Lord teaches me a lot by the oil lamp or candle light!

How it is maintained, determines how it will function, how it will light up the area around it, dispelling the darkness! As I began to think and meditate on this analogy, I saw how I had allowed the daily battles of life, the grime as it were, to build up, too dull my vision, my hope, my dreams. To make them seem a distant thing.

As I shared Tuesday, the Lord woke me up with an awareness of His presence, calling me into a place of worship and surrender in my heart, to allow the Holy Spirit to work within.

To cleanse the globe of my life so that I could shine more clearly, write more freely and see with eyes that are not dull or glazed over but have been open to see with a new understanding of what it means to walk daily with the Lord.

For so long we have settled for less than the best that He has for us. That He is enabling us to walk with Him now, in His purposes. Using the gifts and talents that He has given us, to represent Him in all that we do. Not somewhere down the road, in the sweet by and by, but here and now, we are His representatives. He has given us new life, so we could walk in all that He intends us to be.

I have come to realize each day, is a new day, a clean slate, upon which the Lord can write, to use as instruments in His hands, to touch others, to exhort, encourage, lift up others, family, friends, those that we come into contact with, no matter our calling or position in life, we are all servants and stewards, called to let His life shine forth.

Let our wick’s be trimmed, the oil lamp filled with fresh oil and the globe of our life cleansed daily so that we can shine forth where we are at.

When we all begin to shine, what a great light will be seen, for it will not be us, it will be the Christ within!

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