Errand-Runners of God’s Light

If our Message is obscure to anyone, it's not because we're holding back in any way. No, it's because these other people are lookingi or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won't have to bother believing a Truth they can't see. They're stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we'll ever get. Remember, our Message is not about ourselves; we're proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. All we are is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you. It started when God said, "Light up the darkness!" and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful. (2 Corinthians 4:3-6 The Message)

The awesome event of the Transfiguration allowed the three who witnessed it to experience the Light of God Like few humans before. They saw Christ for Who He is, God’s radiant, darkness-breaking light. It was later experienced by the Apostle Paul on his way to Damascus, and so it is he who writes these words of encouragement and command; it is up to believers to keep ever before all people the light of Christ before those still in darkness.

i have five grandchildren that I love very much and for whom I pray without ceasing. I know they’re already exposed to darkness and all “the god of this would”love nothing better than to see them involved in his shenanigans. My prayer is that Christ’s light would shine through. When our oldest was about six she came to Nellie and asked, “not everybody likes Daddy right?” Mom had to explain that was true and that sadly not everyone would like her, but that we still needed to love others. A bit later we discovered that her Sunday school teacher, instead of teaching God’s love and purpose, was using her classroom to criticize and condemn my preaching. Who was she really serving? God or the god of this world? Jesus said the enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy. (John 10:10). It is up to us to be errand-runners of light in the face of all darkness.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, cover this dear reader with Your light. Shine on them love and joy in the midst of what our enemy shares. Bless all their loved ones and family, and let them all shine light in all places. It is in Christ Jesus’ strong name we pray, amen.

Have a great and blessed day in the Lord! Be an errand-runner of light today!

Eradio Valverde

PRAYER REQUESTS AND UPDATES: Rev, Michael Dobbs, called by his doctors a ”walking miracle” preached in his church this past Sunday! This is answered prayers. We ask prayers for Freddy Perez, brother to Maria Sullivan, who is in hospice care for liver cancer. Prayers for Cliff Bryant, son-in-law of John and Edith Lucas, as doctors seek to treat his bleeding adrenal gland. Prayers for Kenneth Malatek who is in ICU in a College Station hospital following complications from pneumonia.