DCLM Higher Everyday 19 July 2024 — Candle of Candlestick
DCLM Higher Everyday 19 July 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Candle of Candlestick
Topic: Candle of Candlestick
Text: Mark 4:21-25
21And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Key Verse: “And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick” (Mark 4:21)?
Message
Light is so powerful that it can take a single candle to light up an auditorium full of darkness. Light indeed, symbolizes good, righteousness and love while darkness represents evil, wickedness and hate. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that,” Martin Luther King Jr. revealed. Christians are the light of the world. Our world will be full of darkness if we refuse to shine. So do not hide your light, rather, expose it to brighten the corner where you are.
Jesus Christ is the Light of the world. All youths who have accepted His free offer of salvation also become light of the world. They must rightly influence the world and bring glory to God. Billy Graham said, “We are the Bible the world is reading; we are the creed the world is needing; we are the sermons the world is heeding.” Friend, we must exhibit the virtues of honesty and trust. In a word, be holy. God expects every Christian youth to shine in the world.
Quote: Do not hide your light
Challenge: Christian, positively influence your world.
Prayer for today: Dear Father, help me to shine in the world, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
