The light of life
By Michael Plemmons
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I remember when so many voices have been clamoring to be heard. Ancient mystics
like the Mayans tell us that this year is going to end in catastrophe. Still
others fear an economic meltdown. The signs of potential disasters can readily
be seen all around us in this hour.
I also believe these are dangerous times,
and yet in these days of unprecedented worldwide alarm and concern, we of the
Christian church are being called by our Father to humble ourselves before him.
The church of Jesus Christ and our world are
entering its most critical hour. The signs in our world all point out serious
concerns to which government leaders in nation after nation have no answers. In
this hour where so many are having their hearts consumed with fear, is there
someone in whom we can believe and trust?
Over two thousand years ago someone entered
our world on a divine mission. He came to bring freedom and liberty to the
world of man. At thirty years of age he answered the call of God on his life. Over
the next three years he by his words and deeds brought a demonstration of love
and compassion that changed the world.
His were hands of tenderness. His message brought
hope to the thousands. He laid hands on
the sick and oppressed and brought life into their lives. At the end of his
life he who had walked in the power and demonstration of God, willingly laid
down his life to bring freedom from darkness into the hearts of all people
everywhere and for all time.
In the two thousand plus years since his
resurrection his heart has remained the same. He is still calling out to all
those hurt and wounded in our world. To that individual on a quest for truth,
he claimed to be the very embodiment of all that truth is. He also said he was
the way to truth and within him he had the ability to bring life into the human
heart.
Sometimes we of the Christian faith forget
just how simple the message of Jesus Christ is. We serve a living God and
savior. His call to the church of Jesus Christ is to be filed with his love and
passion for the hurting all around us. We are to lift holy hands not just in
praise and worship, but to be a voice of life and light to a lost and hurting
world.
Our hearts are to be filed with the
compassion of God. His mission has never changed and all who would follow him
must put others before themselves. Our call in this hour is to bring hope and
love to the hurting and the desperate. He said we the church of Jesus Christ
are the light of the world. Never has that light been more needed than now.
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