The Light By Which We See

Just some thoughts I had while walking Asher the other day: 

You know how when the sun is shining everything just seems more beautiful, and it just puts a little more "pep in your step"? It's not that anything has changed-you just see it in a different way.

Well, I was thinking, it's the same way when God's light shines on our lives-He opens our eyes, and we see things differently than we did before. It gives us a little more pep in our step as we walk through life. Because our mindset has changed-we now walk in light of eternity, we now walk in the light of God's grace and love, we now walk in hope and joy!

Just like with those sunny days, it's not that things have changed-but the way that we see them has, in the light of God's mercy and love. 

It's a beautiful thing!

"For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see."

(Psalm 36:9)

Temporary Residents

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul...

1 Peter 2:11

 

In the Bible we are called foreigners, strangers, and aliens in this world. Being a foreigner means not belonging, or being an outsider. An alien is someone who is not a citizen, or someone belonging to another place. Peter says we are "pilgrims" and "sojourners". A pilgrim is defined as a travelor on a journey, and a sojourner is defined as a temporary resident.

 

 It's so easy to get caught up in this world that we forget that this is not our home! We are just passing through; we don't belong here! This life we are living is just temporary and is over in the blink of an eye, compared to eternity. Having that mindset should change the way that we live. It should change our priorities, our actions, and the things that we worry and stress about.

 

We so often forget that we aren't here to just live for pleasure, or to just enjoy this life. Yes, we should enjoy the life that we've been given, but our true purpose here on earth is to prepare for eternity and to reach others for Christ. We have to be careful not to fall in love with the things of this world or to become so attached to material things that we lose sight of our true purpose.

 

Lets keep our thoughts and minds focused on our home in Heaven!

 

Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.

(The Message)