Gentle Reminders
In the rays of the morning light
I beheld a beautiful sight.
A mark before my eyes
to help me realize
What the Lord would say to me. *JMG
When the conditions are just right, we can see things we normally do not or cannot see.
These moments have a way of catching our attention and to cause us to ponder, contemplate and meditate.
On this particular morning, as the rays of light shone in from the East, I could see a handprint on the living room window.
This handprint was from my two year old daughter.
What made this stand out was the fact I had just cleaned this window inside and out the other day. There were no other marks on it.
We may not realize it, but we have canvases all around us. Everything we touch, we leave an impression on it. We leave our fingerprints and a trace of our DNA.
In the same way as we go about our day as we touch natural objects, we too touch the lives of people.
As we go about our day as mature believers we should not only leave accidental impressions but purposeful marks.
We are called to be the Lords hands and feet.
In 2 Corinthians we are admonished to come out of the world and be separate.
The Apostle Paul writes in 2 Cor 6:16 What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
We cannot leave Kingdom impressions while still bound by worldly matters.
2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
In the Old Covenant we see God dwelling in the midst of His people and moving as a Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by night.
In the New Covenant He dwells in us and He moves through us.
God in us wants to take a walk and use our hands to touch others in a way He leaves His DNA and mark on their lives.
Yeshua was the Fulness of the Godhead bodily. The Word tells us that He went about doing GOOD healing ALL that were oppressed by the Devil. Acts 10:38
We are told in John 7: 38 that out of us shall flow RIVERS of LIVING WATER.
This word living is important because it refers to drinkable water. Not dead, stagnant or polluted waters but fresh clean and refreshing.
LIFE GIVING
If the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit is in us,, then we too can go about doing good.
Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. View more
2Th 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing
We need to continue in well doing. This means what we pour out on others needs to be according to the Greek understanding of the word well
beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable
beautiful to look at, magnificent
good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends
genuine, approved
precious
praiseworthy, noble
beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy
morally good, noble
honourable, conferring honour
affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming.
What impressions are we leaving? Our words and works will be revealed at an appointed time in the right light.
All of our words, works and deeds shall be brought up before He who is the Light.
May we find that they have passed His test.
May we produce works that last.
In His Love,
Jesse Griffin
