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Light so Bright it Becomes Interpretive

Interpretative light has all the attributes of the divine nature of God and is distributed to man by an earnest desire to have the radiant light of the Gospel shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

We actually walk in unfiltered light, the Light that was made flesh by God sending the Word in the flesh in His Son Jesus. The interpretive light is the ability to accept the Grace and Truth that came in the earth when Jesus appeared, All the Light, the Word, the Grace, and the Truth came “just like that”!

All this came at once and allowed us the ability to walk in maximum light that removes all doubt, and this maximum light has in it, total understanding.  When you understand the light that God has lit within you, you find yourself, in Him!

We all have this light within us and it is in differing degrees, just as some stars are brighter than others, but those closest to the Source radiate the most light.

To understand interpretative light we must look at the definition of interpret; one meaning is elucidate, which means to, bring light upon, lucid means to have clear perception, and pellucid means to allow maximum light.

We can receive maximum light and then edify and encourage with maximum light, bringing an understanding to all in regards to God’s plan and purpose for life.

I received this maximum light recently in regards to, 2 Timothy 1:7 which says “God did not give us the spirit of fear, but He gave us the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind”. The interpretive light that I received on this verse was that God gave me, out of Himself, the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind, these attributes were in Him and He gave them to me!

By receiving God’s maximum or interpretive light on this verse, I immediately had peace, humility, and reverence. I also received the light or power to walk in these Godly attributes, these inherent attributes that are mine by being a son of God.

Where there is no interpretation of God’s Light, people cast off restraints; moral limits, social controls, but blessed is the one who sees the Light and responds to it. Amen!

We need Godly wisdom to pull this interpretive light from the realm of the spirit into our hearts, Godly wisdom is the key to understanding the light that is bountifully held in God’s Word.

Faith allows this light and the more faith you have in the Word of God the more light you are able to interpret out of it. We all have a measure of faith (light), (the candle of the Lord) in our spirit and by hearing and hearing the Word of God we walk in a light so bright that it becomes interpretive to us. What an amazing and enlightening spiritual system our God has bestowed upon us!

All this maximum light was brought to us by Jesus Christ, He became the Word made flesh, was given as the Light of the world, walked out His eternal plan on the earth. Prophets foretold it; apostles taught and wrote about it. Today, preachers preach it, teachers teach it, and we have all the abilities in us to receive and witness to it.

The Light in us can become so bright that people can interpret Jesus; just by the way we talk and act. Amen! This truly is the Gospel message and the great commission.

Light that overtakes the darkness and brings people to the understanding of Jesus Christ should be beaming in us and beaming out of us. So interpret and beam some light today, not a small beam as a flashlight, but a great beam as a searchlight!

Let us continue to search for opportunities to bring maximum light into situations and do it with a knowing that it will change everything it comes into contact with, for the good. 

Remember that the human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, His lamp is in you and it sheds light on your inmost being, bringing an interpretive brightness to all your ways, and in all your ways acknowledge Him!

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Scriptures of content and encouragement: John 1:1-5, Psalm 84:11, Proverbs 29:18, Micah 4:2, Romans 12:3, Romans 10:17, Acts 1:8, and Proverbs 20:27, “The spirit God breathed into man is like a living lamp, a shining light, searching into the innermost chamber of our being” Amen!

Live a Life of Love

Love is patient, love is kind, and the love necessary to live in a peaceful habitation is not self-seeking, easily angered, or rebellious.

Anger is always a negative pull that instigates rebellion and leads us into the realm of selfishness, I didn’t get my way, you don’t listen to me, I want all the control of people and situations.

As we seek to satisfy our feelings we are not even remotely in the realm of love, because love is not a feeling. Sacrificial love has transforming power and is volitional rather than emotional. We love because we made a decision to love. Amen!

The Bible tells us to love with our entire being; heart, soul, and mind, and we attain this love by our inherent spiritual attributes gained by yielding ourselves to the inner Spirit of God that dwells in all who choose to believe in His Son Jesus. Amen! 

Patience and kindness are some of the attributes that show us that God is God, and when we search inside ourselves we too have a better understanding of the power of love and how it produces acts of kindness.

As patience has its perfect work in you the power of serenity produces a calmness that is necessary to act on and endure in love.

A life of love is also filled with thoughtfulness, which is the consideration for the needs of other people. Then benevolence is found in your acts of kindness and goodness and leads to the good of God being shown out of a willing heart.

When your heart is full of good you are now operating in the love that was shed abroad in your heart through the Holy Spirit. This transformative experience gives us a newfound love for God and His people and completes the never-ending cycle of divine-human reciprocity, which is a mutual dependence on one another.

This mutual dependency would lead us away from judgment and more in line with fulfilling needs. Leniency can exert a soothing influence over every thought and spoken word and lead to a situational value of life.

Good thoughts and kind words omit any wrong that has been done and set us on the path to the love of God that was initially set forth by way of charity.

Charity is thought to be the highest form of love and is actually where we derive the word, love, that we use in modern vernacular. Charity is the reciprocal love between God and man that is manifested when we have unselfish love for one another.

Here is a quote that gives some understanding; “Charity is a virtue which, when our affections are perfectly ordered, unites us to God, for by it we love Him”!

Charity is at the root of every other virtue that has related God to man, and man to man. (Man here, being male or female).

So to have a life of love we must have the desire to remove the burdens people are carrying and help all of those around us move into a benevolent state, and then all of us reaching to those in our communities, states, and countries to bring love to center stage.

We reach the whole by loving those around us unconditionally and then expecting that the love will speak with a new tone, you see our God has a tone and love causes that tone to have some notes and when we sing out or speak out these heartfelt notes, love abounds. Amen!

 We must, however, face the fact, I repeat, “we must face the fact” that we don’t naturally have this kind of love in us, we must gain this love from following God’s word and following God’s example of love, His giving us His only Son Jesus, you see giving of oneself is the greatest act of love.

By the love that is in Jesus, we can live this never-failing love life, and have all our relationships transformed into mutual affection, one for another.

We can love even the so-called unlovable, and as we do, things will change because if our love is rejected we just come back with more love. We remain full of faith, abounding in hope, and as we think more charitably, our love never fails. Amen!

Unfailing love removes all self-seeking, all malice, and all the desires to spitefully use others for our gain. As we practice living the life of love, we lead with love again and again and come to a place where we are proficient in love.

Our proficiency advances us into the main principles practiced in the Kingdom of God, and that should be our heart’s desire.

Living a life of love, we know the Way! Jesus truly is our Way Maker! Amen!

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Scriptures of encouragement and content:  1 Corinthians 13, Matthew 22:37, John 6:29, Acts 16:31, Romans 5:5, John 14:6, and 1 Peter 1:22 TPT, “Now, because of your obedience to the truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart”. Amen! So be it!

Take Some Word and Hold Your Ground

If we ever want to move the mountain that is blocking our progress, if we are ever going to advance around or through it, we must hold onto the ground we have taken and continue to move, up and forward.

The word of God places us in a mountain-moving position, a position of victory, and our enlightened spiritual condition improves our stamina and holding power. Amen!

Strengthening our position sometimes requires overcoming a very strong headwind. Once I witnessed a flock of birds trying to fly against a strong wind that had kicked up, what I noticed was, some fought and fought against the wind and made it to a billboard on the side of the road. They found a resting place while others were swept away by the wind, hopefully not to their demise.

What was revealed to me out of this occurrence was that as we become stronger in our belief in the word of God, we take more and more ground, we hold our place by fighting the good fight of faith, then we fight on to arrive at a temporary resting place. The keyword is temporary; we have weathered the current storm by taking some Word and holding our ground. Amen!

As we continue our plight we must examine our resting places, analyze the steps that allowed our strengthening, and continue to prepare for our next, wind, or mountain.

We take control of our thinking by renewing our minds daily, looking deeply into the mysteries of God, His plan that was previously hidden but is now made plain to us in the word of God.

Holding our ground by faith, not what our eye has seen, not what our ear has heard, not even what we have imagined, but what our heart has gravitated towards, the pull of Love. Amen!

This grounding love is found in God’s word, His love story to and for us, His victorious plan for us, His mountain-moving, wind ceasing, water walking, we can do this by faith because it’s in my heart story. Amen!

The love of God has in it our holding power, we take hold of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, we stand on His promises, we say what He says about our situations, we take Him at His word, and we dig in and hold our ground. 

God is an earth-shaking, like a mighty wave breaking, gale-force wind blowing, mighty love bestowing, wonderful, peaceful, quiet voice that takes reverence to hear, King of King’s who is my Rock!

How do all of these mighty and quickening powers come on us? By taking some of God’s Holy words and holding our ground.

I read a quote from another faith minister that went like this; “If you knew what was on the other side of your mountain, you would move it”. Mountain moving faith comes by taking a little ground and holding onto it, taking a little more ground and holding onto it, then remembering the Word that is holding you in place and stepping out on it.

Faith is the grounding place that is right smack dab in the middle of; “life is hard and God is good”.  So faith is the substance that keeps us grounded! Amen!

I am going to release to you the greatest power that is available in the world today; “the power of choice”. The power of choice, by faith, is not a decision deducted from the facts around us, faith is not an instinct and it’s certainly not a feeling. Amen!

Faith is a choice, taking the word of God and believing it is the first step in holding your ground, the more ground you take the greater your revelation becomes, at this point the mountains seem to shrink. As you step towards the mountain you must maintain your foothold which is keeping one foot on faith and one foot on love. Amen!

God spoke that to my heart when I first started out on my faith journey, it always seems to be my launching pad as well as my grounding rod. “Keep one foot on faith and one foot on love”.

So I ask you today to keep one foot on faith (you believing you receive) and one foot on love (God’s Word).

Take some love and hold onto your faith! The same as take some Word and hold your ground.

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Scriptures of encouragement and content; Hebrews 3:14, 2 Timothy 4:7, James 1:12, 1 Peter 5:8-9, 1 Corinthians 2:16, John 1:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, and Ephesians 6:14-17, “Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness, For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”.

“What I Said to You, I Say to Everyone, Watch”

What you are watching for has everything to do with your spiritual wellbeing. 

Your expectations will fuel your desire to look closely at your surroundings and situations. If the burglar is already in your bedroom in the middle of the night, it is too late to lock the door.

Although just locking a door or even adding a deadbolt for greater security and holding power will not keep the strongman out, you must also set a watch around your heart. Amen!

We as people must advance in the ability to look inside ourselves, get in tune with the candle of the Lord, which is the spirit of man. That light or fire that God is, and is burning in man controls the very fulfillment of our lives.

We must set a watch or watchman at the entrance to our conscience, guarding against the enemy of our soul (the wicked one). Our conscience can only lead us if we keep it clear, clear from the cares that try to overcome us, clear from the thoughts that lead to bad choices, and clear from all uncertainty.

If we are not awake when the thief breaks in, we will not be able to respond quickly enough to avenge ourselves. It is too late to train in self-defense; we are emerged in a fight we are unprepared to fight.

While in this position, who else in the house will be overtaken because we chose to leave our door unlocked. We chose to be lead astray by the luring of, the lustful eye, and the pride of being who we want to be instead of being who we were created to be.

The subtlety of our wrong choices leads us to believe the lies of the world like; you can have the American dream, you can be whatever you want to be, or you can live your life the way you please. These are all untrue and lead to a wide-open house, you don’t have to worry about locking the door, your whole house is vulnerable.

If you knew the day and hour of the break-in, I am sure you would have been awake, guarding the door, walking the perimeter, armed, and ready.

We as people would never purposely allow this total burglarizing, allowing ourselves and others in our family to be put into a penetrable position, asleep, unarmed, and spiritually dulled down.

We must remain watchful at all times, we must keep our spiritual ears open at all times, and we must guard our heart at all times, because you see, not only does the thief come unexpectedly, but Jesus said He is coming back the same way, “as a thief in the night”, at an unexpected hour.

What hour are we living in, are we keeping track of time, what time is it? At 2 am we have a different level of fear than we do at 2 pm, when we hear a loud noise. Why? The difference is the “Light”, we must walk in the Light and remain in the Light. Amen!

Guard your heart against all darkness, set a guard around the light you have inside, by trusting in The Word of God and locking out fear and unbelief. Keep a watch on your mouth, take all negative thoughts captive, and renew your mind with The Word of God. Amen!

The Bible is God’s prophesies about life leading up to Jesus Christ, the life of Jesus Christ, and our life by choosing Jesus Christ. Do you know Him? He knows and loves you!

God said in Matthew 17:5, “this is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him”. Jesus said in Mark 13:37, “I say to you what I say to everyone; watch for Him”. Listen and watch, expect and exhort, hear and receive, believe, and love.

You see, it is too late to stop the thief or the strongman when he is already in your bedroom; you need to stop him at the door, the door of your heart. So guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus, be alert through Christ’s power and protection, place a watchman to control what enters in, and especially what dwells in you.

What we say and do, and who we become is the result of how much darkness or light we have allowed in our heart, we need to put on the whole armor of God to have a withstanding heart.

So put on God’s full armor and be watchful, to keep ourselves in a constant state of readiness.

I was at a church service one time when a little lady stood up and belted out, “you don’t have time to get ready, you have to be ready”. Amen!

Let’s all live with enthusiasm and eagerness to stay alert and spiritually active, always on the watch and ready.

“Don’t be taken by surprise, or be surprised to be taken”. We need to live a humble, open, forgiving life, doing what God said “listening to Jesus”, and doing what Jesus said “Watching”.

As we put on the full armor of God, we will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against, principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand therefore! Ephesians 6:11-14.

Jesus said, “behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him”.

Do you know who is at the door? Open up the door to Jesus and lockout the wicked one!

Our best days are ahead of us!

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Scriptures of encouragement and content.

Mark 13:37, Proverbs 20:27, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Philippians 4:7, Ephesians 6:11-18, Revelation 3:20, and 1 John 1:5-7, “This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in Him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin”.