The Lighthouse Shines

UV 4230/10000 The Lighthouse Shines They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion. Psalm 34 v 5 If we seek the Lord, study His word for solutions to our life’s issues and big questions, He promises our faces will shine. Indeed, our lives shine with the shekinah glory of God when we do not sin. The Aaronic priestly blessing oft quoted and prayed states that His face shines on us with favour or grace. Just as rays of light emanate from the core of the sun to light up the earth’s surface and all on it, grace emanates from the heart and face of the Lord towards His own, His children, His servants – those who fear and trust Him, love Him and serve Him. Our lives will then radiate with joy, peace, hope, love to all around us. Unlike young lions that rely on their physical prowess to get their supply of food, we depend on the Lord to both provide and defend us. Hence, our faces will never look down in either shame or confusion. Unlike Moses who under the old covenant went into the tent of meeting with the Lord or on the mountain of prayer and communion with the Lord and had his face shining, we meet with the Lord all the time in our thoughts and emotions. Our faces and lives shine all the time and not just when we are in prayer or meditation or communion with the Lord. He raises us up as an ensign, a banner of love as we praise Him all the time, thank Him from our hearts all the time. He vindicates us and saves us from all manner of troubles and trials. Even our sufferings are used to make us shine more for the Lord like refined gold shines most as it is taken out of the refining fire. On our part, we keep ourselves from evil, even pondering on evil or speaking deceitful things. The Lord preserves us in and from mishaps over which mankind has no control or inkling before it happens. He delivers us from all types of fears as we take constant refuge in Him. As the sun lights up the planets and moon, we are lit up, lifted up as a city on the hill, a lighthouse on the rocky shore of life. Like a good lighthouse, we occupy strategic locations where our light is seen by all mankind. Like a lighthouse, we are built on a rock foundation, that is stable, unchanging, faithful, strong, unmoved but compassionate to our weaknesses, our frailties, our needs. Like a lighthouse, we are not built overnight but brick by brick, block by block, moment by moment. The Holy Spirit is the fuel that burns in us. The many mirrors that magnify the light in all directions, 24 x 7 in 360 degrees are all the aspects or dimensions of our personal knowledge of God- the knowledge of the love of God, the knowledge of the word of God, the knowledge of the power of God, the knowledge of the wisdom of God, the knowledge of the peace of God, the knowledge of the will of God. The light in each of us reaches far beyond our own eyes can see.