Christian Devotional
By Christian Author Linda Wiggins-Edwards
"Walking With God"
When we make a decision to walk with God, we must first be sure to put on the full armor of God. Putting on the full armor of God will protect us from the things that will surely come our way, once we have made the most important decision in our lives – the decision to walk with God. When we allow God to mold and shape our lives, and make us over into the Christians that we long to be, we must realize that it is a life-long process. As I’ve stated previously, it is not something that will happen quickly and it is not something that will happen quietly. We are sure to encounter some hardships along the way, and for some, we must first endure God’s refining fires, in order to become soft and malleable, so that we may begin to take the shape of the image of Christ. However, once we have made the life-changing decision to walk alongside our Father, and we allow Him to completely transform us, we will have peace in our lives, peace in our hearts, and peace in our spirits, like we have never known before. Having Godly peace is a peace like no other. It is a feeling that is utterly indescribable, until you have experienced it for yourself.
God gave us Jesus not only to die for our sins, but also so that we may be reconciled to God’s Spirit, and seek His kingdom in everything that we do. When we are reconciled to God, and we are able to turn our heart, our mind, and our soul over to our Creator, to allow Him to make us over into the Christians, the disciples, the Christ-like people that He needs us to be, God will then baptize us with His Holy Spirit. God’s Spirit is a marvelously spectacular, wondrously radiant light that will warm our souls and will emanate from us like magnificent, beautiful, gleaming sunlight just bursting through the clouds. And that light, God’s beautiful, brilliant light, will be radiating from the very essence of our being, and will be a light that can seen by everyone we encounter. When we have a presence of God’s light within us, people that appreciate and understand the brilliance of our light will always be attracted to it. They will want to always be around it, because they are able to connect to it, they feel its power, they see its vibrancy, it vividness, its vivaciousness and they know it will be a blessing to them to be in the presence of God’s Spirit within us, just as it is a blessing for us to be in the presence of God’s Spirit within others.
God’s Spirit, God’s light that glows from deep within our souls, is a light that cannot be detected by the naked eye, but it is a light that can be seen by all. It is a light that is completely unlike visible white light, but it is the brightest, whitest light that exists. It is a light that is outright inexplicable, but it is a light that is completely understood by anyone who experiences it. That light within us gives us the ability to see things that can’t be seen, and to hear things that can’t be heard. That light is God’s light, God’s Spirit, God Himself, who dwells within us when we welcome Him into our hearts and into our souls. And when we have God within our souls, we have His Holy Spirit intertwined with our spirit, and this is when we are able to see and hear the things that are of God, and not of man.
The intensity of God’s Holy Spirit shining within us will penetrate through all the darkness in the world. However, people who are full of darkness will despise that light, they will despise the presence of God within us. Darkness is defined as the absence of light, and this is exactly what people who are full of darkness have, they have dark souls, they have an absence of God’s light, an absence of His brilliance, and a lack of His Holy Spirit within their soul. In John 1:5 is states that “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” This is what happens with people with dark souls, they won’t understand the brilliance of your light, and they will despise you for having it. They can’t appreciate the powerful intensity of your light, so they will do whatever they can to try to make your light as dim as their own, maybe even going so far as to try to destroy it, because they know that your brilliance with always outshine their darkness.
Whenever we come across people who have darkness within them, we must be strong in our faith, strong in God’s Word and strong in God’s Truth, because when we allow our light to be dimmed by others, it affects our spirit, it affects our spiritual connection to each other, and most importantly it affects our spiritual connection to God. It could ultimately make you choose to give your spirituality away. This happened to me throughout much of my life. I allowed my light to be dimmed because of things that happened in my childhood, because of other people’s dysfunctions that affected my life, and because of hardships that I later encountered during my adulthood. But once I realized just how dim I allowed my light to become, when I realized how much I needed God back in my life, how much I needed Him to bring me into His holy presence and never let me go, I begged Him to allow me to walk with Him in His kingdom, so that I will never experience that darkness again. And I made Him a solemn promise to do whatever He needs me to do, to reach whomever He needs me to reach, so that I can help bring others out of their darkness as well. And this is why I write, not just to praise and glorify His name, but to simply say “Thank you.” “Thank you” to Him for everything He has done for me and “Thank you” to Him from bringing me out of my darkness and into His kingdom. “Thank you” for saving my life and saving my soul. And while I’m thanking Him, to possibly be a blessing to others to help them learn how they too can walk with God, in His Holy, omnipotent presence. Amen.
Written by Linda Wiggins-Edwards
Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.
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