In January our pastor talks about vision. “Even if a
person has 20/20 vision, it does them no good without light. When we are born
again, we have 20/20 spiritual vision, yet we still need the light of God’s
Word to see what God is saying.” – Pastor Mark Cowart, CFAN The Power of Vision
He speaks of catching God’s vision for our lives and writing
it down and being purposeful about fulfilling His plans in our lives. He speaks
of the need for God’s light to understand God’s will and great plans for us.
That light is called rhema. It’s the light of God that gives us understanding
of His Word.
We know God’s will about many things - that we love one
another and that we be quick to forgive. We know He wants us to share His truth
and His love (with words, if necessary). We know He wants us to always rejoice
and give thanks. We know He wants us to turn from sin and turn TO Him.
Because of that light, God’s rhema light, I know He wants us
to run with Him and discover all the love and joy and secrets and power and
authority He’s placed before us.
When it comes to learning to do things His way, we need to
accept that it’s not simply because “He’s the boss” but because His way is
truly best (and probably most adventure-filled) for us.
We love our children with a crazy, passionate love. When
they’re small, we want to teach them how to do the everyday things they’ll need
to master early in life like feeding themselves and walking, using manners,
sharing and so much more. We teach them OUR way of doing them, we know how to
do them efficiently and effectively. Along the way, we may see clever little
ways they adapt their own personality to what they’re doing while still putting
one foot in front of the other and still managing to get their food into their
mouth. They still manage to write out letters and words, but in their own
handwriting.
I’m right-handed. If my child is left-handed he’s going to
hold his pencil differently than I do – but he’ll still master writing.
Though we endeavor to teach our children our ways of doing
things, our way isn’t the only way.
God knows more ways to do things than we can imagine. He
designed us to be like Him – creative! He wants us to discover new ways of showing
off our creativity. He doesn’t care if we color outside the lines. He wants us
to show off His glory through the talents He’s given us.
Clearly, we don’t want our children hurting themselves, we
try to steer them in certain directions, teaching them to obey laws and to love
and respect others. When they’re young, it’s usually easier to get compliance
from them. As they grow confident in who they are and how they make their own
decisions, they’re harder to protect. Eventually, we may discover that they
didn’t need all the protection we pushed on them. They may leap into the air
and fly, filling their hands with success. They need to have the freedom to
discover even things we don’t know about them.
God’s Word teaches us all we need to know. Yet convincing us
that His way is best must look futile at times. Once we’ve established
ourselves as individuals we want to make our own decisions. Regarding our
relationship with Him, He’s given us that freedom; the freedom to choose Him
and His ways or reject Him. He knows what each choice holds. He’s already seen
the outcome.
Now, if I was holding tomorrow night’s winning lottery
numbers in my hand, wouldn’t you want me to show them to you? Wouldn’t you want me to “shed a little light” on that
for you?
Pray for God’s rhema light. Ask Him for it, and He’ll give it
to you.
“In him was life; and that life was the light of men. And the
light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” – John 1:4-5
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find;
knock and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asks receives; and he
that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.” – Matthew 7:7-8
