Being A Star

UV 3188/10000 Being A Star
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength
Revelation 1 v 16
The Lord Jesus has the amazing grace to turn zeroes into heroes. He holds us up as stars in His mighty right hand. The “seven stars” are not just symbols of the seven angels of the seven churches as explained by John, the revelator. It is a metaphor that all or complete dimensions of our lives are in the safe hand of Jesus. Unlike the rest of the world who do not yet trust Him, we who believe Him and His word yield willingly to the grip of His hand upon us and do not struggle to move away. We remain heroes as long as we depend and feed on the words from His mouth. His word penetrates every pore and part of our being like a sharp sword. It causes healing, wholeness, blessing, deliverance, victory everywhere it penetrates and touches. We are like the two olive trees in the prophet Zechariah’s vision whose branches are constantly dipped in the golden oil, a metaphor for the Holy Spirit, flowing from the seven pipes of the golden lamp. Our whole lives in Christ are an experience of intense spiritual immersion but we remain in this natural world just like trees rooted in the soil. Like olive trees, we bear fruit in our character and in our deeds. Even our leaves or our mere words will cause healing of people who hear them.
We obtain grace or favour from the resplendent face of Jesus even as we draw strength from His hand upon us. As our eyes are transfixed on Him, we are transfigured like the vision of the apostles when they saw Jesus conferring with Moses and Elijah. As stars we are called to be the wise who lead many into righteousness as prophesied by Daniel. As stars, we dispel darkness in this world by our words, deeds, prayers and the exercise of the authority vested in us as His viceroys on earth. The Lord will anoint our tongues with His fire so much so our tongues become a double-edged sword of fire and our mouths become the scabbard holding the sword. Our tongues are double edged as we should use it to subdue forces of darkness in this world with our Christ given authority and awesome power even as we use it to lead people into faith, righteousness, hope, grace and healing. Our close communion with the Lord would cause His radiance to also pass onto our own faces even as Moses’ face shone after He communed with Jehovah.
Moses climbing mountains to commune with God are a metaphor that when our challenges are as insurmountable as mountains that is the time our communion with the Lord is the closest and most impactful. I recently drove up to a hill to view through a powerful telescope the heavenly bodies and the stars that are placed in the universe as symbols of the infinite power and majesty of the Creator. I saw a thick cloud or nebulae of stars of the Orion in addition to the moon, Jupiter with its bands, Saturn with its golden ring around it. The presence of the Lord is also like a thick cloud around us though it is not visible to our naked eyes or souls. In addition to the stars, there are heavenly bodies like the planets that shine with borrowed light. The radiance from our lives light up the lives of others around us. The star metaphor also has an important lesson for all of us that we should finish well by continuing to shine in this world and beyond and not crash like comets. If we constantly obey the will and word of God, we will be held in our place in our due orbits. When I was young, I was inspired by the Chinese proverb, “Aim for the stars and hit the treetops.” But in the light of this uni-verse, Jesus tells each one of us, “Aim for the stars and be a star on earth and in heaven. “