Don't Wait for a Light or Sign to Shine!

With the understanding that prayer is amazing and God can do anything. Including giving you a sign or shining a light on someone.

We must understand the way God designed The Good News to be shared.

Sometimes it's so simple, it's complicated.

God calls His children to be filled with The Light and become a light that shines and He gives the ability to perform miracles and miraculous signs through us in a world filled with darkness.

The great flaw with waiting on a light or sign to shine on someone

Before we decide to approach and Talk with them is this.

You are the light! You are the sign!

If we spend all our time praying for God to shine a light on someone or highlight them, then we are missing the point of The Good News.

Remember, God so loved the world! That's EVERYONE!

The trap with waiting is this.

If you spend all day praying where to Go, but never here where to Go, you may never Go.

And

We're all called to Go!

So, as long as there's people where you go, then you're on the right track.

If you pray. Who? What? When? Where? And How?

And, The Holy Spirit revels the Who? What? When? Where? And How?

Then you may find yourself with a bad case of tunnel vision and miss the big picture. By doing this there's a high possibility that you will position yourself to pass up many people that God would love to pursue through you while trying to find your Who? What? When? Where? and How?

Whether you choose to believe it or not, you're the best He's got.

The point is this.

If we will walk this out in simplicity.

Then The Holy Spirit will have the opportunity to work through you the way He wills.

Then many people will be impacted by the love of God

Because you have made yourself available to many more people for God.

When we yield to The Holy Spirit and understand that we're all created in the image of God and He places great value and purpose on each one of us.

We will have chosen to open the door for The Holy Spirit to use any gift He chooses to use through us.

In this way, He may shine, highlight, draw you to certain people, draw certain people to you, give you words of knowledge, preform miracles, miraculous signs, and pour out His love through you.

So now you know.

We never wait for a light to shine on someone.

Because, we're the light that God called to shine on Everyone!

Ultimately,

If you're willing to Go, God will Show, The Holy Spirit will Flow, And Others will Know.

In order to arrive here.

We must remove all the self inflicted hurdles

and

Obstacles we've placed in front of ourselves.

If nothing else, we must at least understand.

We are unquestionably called to GO!

Here are some scriptures to confirm these simple truths.

Don't wait for a light to shine. You are the light.

In Matthew 5:14-16, NLT, Jesus says, 14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.

15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.

16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your Heavenly Father.

Mark 4:21, NLT, says, 21 Then Jesus asked them, “Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed?

Of course not!

A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine.

In Luke 8:16, NLT, Jesus says, 16 “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed.

A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.

John 1:4-9, NLT, says,

4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone.

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

6 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about The Light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

8 John himself was not The Light; he was simply a witness to tell about The Light.

9 The One who is The True Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Notice how John 1:4-9, ties into John 8:12.

John 8:12, NLT, says, 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I Am The Light of the world.

If you follow Me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have The Light that leads to life.”

John 12:35-36, NLT, says, 35 Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in The Light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.

36 Put your trust in The Light while there is still time; then you will become children of The Light.”

After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.

1 John 1:5-7, NLT, says, 5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you:

God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing The Truth.

7 But if we are living in The Light, as God is in The Light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

Daniel 12:3, NLT, says, 3 Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.

Get Your Shine On!

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Don't wait for a sign. You are the sign.

In Matthew 10:7-8, NLT, Jesus says, 7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!

In Mark 16:17, NLT, Jesus says, 17 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.

In John 14:12, NLT, Jesus says, 12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.

Acts 2:43, NLT, says, 43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.

Acts 4:29-31, NLT, says, 29 And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching Your Word.

30 Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through The Name of Your Holy servant Jesus.”

31 After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with The Holy Spirit. Then they preached The Word of God with boldness.

Acts 5:12, NLT, says, 12 The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 6:8, NLT, says, 8 Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.

Acts 8:6, NLT, says, 6 Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculous signs he did.

Acts 14:3, NLT, says, 3 But the apostles stayed there a long time, preaching boldly about the grace of The Lord. And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders.

Acts 15:12, NLT, says, 12 Everyone listened quietly as Barnabas and Paul told about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Acts 19:11-12, NLT, says, 11 God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles.

12 When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases, and evil spirits were expelled.

Romans 15:18-19, NLT, says, 18 Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them.

19 They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented The Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.

2 Corinthians 12:12, NLT, says, 12 When I was with you, I certainly gave you proof that I am an apostle. For I patiently did many signs and wonders and miracles among you.

Hebrews 2:4, NLT, says, 4 And God confirmed The Message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of The Holy Spirit whenever He chose.

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You are the Sign!

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