July 29, 2021

LIVING IN THE LIGHT

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Encouraging Words

We hear a lot nowadays about exercising our personal rights and freedoms. Do we really know what it means to be free? Is it really just about personal rights? What if exercising those personal rights causes injury to another person? The expectation of our Lord is that we give up our personal rights and submit to Him. This is not an optional thing if we want to be bathed in His light of life. Following Jesus is not having Him do what we want to do. It is letting go of everything in our lives, including our personal rights and freedoms and letting Him take over full control of us. Can we as modern, American Christians actually do this? Can we choose to love God with all of our mind, heart, soul, and body? Can we choose to love our neighbor more than ourselves and put them before us? I know that I cannot do this without God's help. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!