Awaken and impact

UV 443/10,000 Awaken your power, Realize your potential Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee It is on account of our faith that the Lord reckons and declares us as righteous. By faith, the only Righteous One, God Himself resides in us. His presence illuminates our lives. His glory or the full extent of His power and grace rests upon us and within us. He Himself is our light. He shows us the paths we should travel in. We no longer fall short of His glory. Glory implies the fullness of God’s power, purpose and grace. Arise and shine means we need to awaken and impact. It is a command and divine mandate, not an option. We no longer can live listless and lackluster lives. We must reflect the power and glory of God. When we reflect on this truth and meditate on His Word continually, we become the reflectors of His light. Trainers and psychologists talk about unlimited power and self realization. We cannot realize our own selves unless we are “ God-realized people.” The Holy Spirit will awaken us to make us realize what is our calling, purpose, gifting and potential. The Lord takes all our little pluses and minuses and transforms it through one big plus of His story and history, the Cross of Jesus Christ. The question is : is it our story? If not, make it. If so, tell it. The word “ shine” means that we should attempt to “ do our utmost for the Highest.” We must continually seek the Lord’s help to maximize the realization of our potential, to fulfill His will for our lives. Areas of our lives, our character and our activities might remain unsurrendered to the Lord. Unless, we surrender these areas too to the Lord, the glory of the Lord cannot be revealed. We will shine our torchlights when the Lord is calling us to be a lighthouse in our generation. A light is not selective in where it shines. Similarly, wherever we are placed, we need to shine. We need to shine as priests and Ministers of God even as we need to shine as professionals. Called to be a royal priesthood, we need to combine seemingly contradictory qualities of piety and authority, firmness and meekness, excellence and humility, grace and strength. Prateep V Philip