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THE psalmist prayed: “O send out Thy light and thy truth: let
them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy
tabernacles. (Psa 43:3 KJV)
What a genuine prayer request that’s full of dependence on God, great expectation
and deep desire to be connected with God and His divine purpose.
When my family and I first moved to Gua Musang, Kelantan (which is
like a foreign land to us) about 3 years ago, the LORD taught us to take
ownership of the town and to use Isaiah.60
to make declaration over the town and our own lives. Daily, we as a family will
speak blessings over the land by declaring: “Arise
& Shine Gua Musang for your light has come, and the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you. We, Kumar-Josephine family have come to be a blessing
to your land, now arise and be a blessing to us.”
About six months later, physically there were street lights fixed
along the main road of Gua Musang and recently the council added beautiful
artificial trees full of coloured lights and for a first time a floral design
of the sun which is the symbol of
light is used as a welcome note to Gua Musang in the centre of the new town.
Amazingly, many other developments are taking place in this so called small
railway town. (Gua Musang literally
means Fox Cave....More updates later)
1) Send Your Light & Truth!
It’s not just a statement of
request but a passion of a hungry soul for a fresh revelation of God. The
revelation was made clear in Joh 1:1-5 KJV (In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(2)
The same was in the beginning with God.
(3)
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that
was made. (4) In Him was life; and the life was the light
of men. (5) And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.)
By this we know that God is not
just “Light & Truth” but He is the divine empowerment that’s ever willing
to share His “Life” with those who believe. (Joh 8:12 KJV Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.)
It’s just like this, when we
ask God for His Light & Truth, He gives them generously to us by
compressing them into a dynamite shell called “Life in abundance” (Joh 10:10 KJV ...I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.)
When His life empowerment rejuvenates us, we become His lights (Mat 5:14 KJV Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill
cannot be hid.)
We who have received His light,
truth and the fullness of His life cannot be hidden any longer but have the
dynamite power to shine forth in darkness and the darkness itself can never comprehend
it or understand this revelation of Christ.
2) Let them lead me
When we learn to trust in God’s
light & truth and lean not in our own understanding, the Spirit of God by
His love and grace will direct our path and lead us into all truth.
(Pro 3:5-7 KJV Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and
lean not unto thine own understanding. (6) In all thy
ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths;
Joh 16:13 KJV Howbeit when He, the
Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not
speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:
and He will shew you things to come.)
3) Let them bring me unto thy
holy hill, and to thy tabernacles
Our dependency must never be in
our own strength, talent or wisdom but in God and God alone. Just as the
psalmist says: Psa
121:1-2 KJV I will lift up mine
eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (2) My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
David once said: Psa 27:4 KJV
One thing
have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD,
and to enquire in his temple.
Friends, if we desire for more
of God...remember that God too desires for more of us and that’s why He brings
His Light & Truth that produces Life to live inside of us – The Father, Son
and the Holy Spirit decided to dwell inside of us, His temple (Joh 14:23 KJV Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.)
The
Bible made it clear that we the believers are the temple of God, and the Spirit
of God dwells in us. (1Co 3:16)
If we have God’s Light and
Truth in us, then we surely have His Life in abundance. Now, without doubt we
can believe Rev
21:3 KJV And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will
dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with
them, and be their
God.) Amen!
God always keeps His promises,
no matter what. Isn’t that amazing?
Picture of double rainbow and ray over the town taken by a WorldRacer opposite our
English centre in Gua Musang in October 2012.
