TOPIC: MANIFEST GOD’S LIGHT TO YOUR WORLD
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 1-3; Acts 2:1-13
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” – 1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)
Christianity is about manifesting to a physical world the glory and beauty of an inward life. The life of God that you received at the new birth is inside your spirit man and this life is meant to shine as light to your world. Apostle Paul calls it the ‘mystery of godliness’ like we see in our text when he wrote in 1 Timothy 3:16 saying, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: God was MANIFESTED in the FLESH…” The mystery is that God (divinity) can be manifested in the flesh i.e. physical world of space and matter through men.
As a child of God, you ought to be more ‘God inside minded’ than you are of the physical, this way you release the glory of God in your spirit to your world. In Matthew 17:1-8, we see Jesus doing this on the mount of transfiguration when He got away in order to get ahead! Matthew 17:2 (KJV) says, “.. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.”
The process through which we manifest the life of God in our spirit to our material world is by first being changed from the inside out is that which leads to transformation. When Jesus was transfigured on that mountain, the light that He emanated that brightened everything around Him shone from within Him, and not from heaven. You have this very same light, and it can radiate in intensity to affect your everyday life too. You can brighten your world with the life of God in you.
When Jesus taught in Matthew 5:16 and said, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven,” He meant that what God through redemption has deposited in your spirit man should be brought forth to change the world around you. This is only possible as you renew your mind with the Word of God. This is the reason the hearing of God’s Word until it forms a new consciousness in you is very vital in living a glorious and victorious life as a child of God.
Romans 12:2 (KJV) says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Give attention to God’s Word until something changes in you, then something will change around you.
Prayer: Thank You Father for the joy of Your eternal life in my spirit man. Help me to manifest Your light to my world.
Pastor Alfred Samuel