Psalm 34:5 ‘They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

DAILY READING – – Luke 9:1-27; Genesis 15; Psalm 8

Many poetry, songs and stories have been written over the centuries about the beauty and glory of the moon. Looking from the earth, the moon indeed appears like a bright beautiful ball in the sky.. However the truth is that the moon is actually a dry and dark rock that has no light.
The moon is not like the earth that has a hot core, instead, the moon is completely cold and dead.
However, despite how dreary and dark and dismal the moon is, because of the light it reflects from the sun, it appears to be bright and beautiful.

The moon glows as its surface reflects light from the sun. However, the moon is like a bad mirror, it is made up of such dark material, that it reflects only between 3 and 12 percent of the sunlight that hits it.
Science tells us that thousands of years ago, the moon had appeared much brighter and larger in the night sky because it was closer to the earth. However, because the moon over the centuries has been slowly moving away from the earth, we are now seeing less amount of light from it.
The brightness of the moon is tied to its ability to keep reflecting light from the sun. The moment the moon stops reflecting the sun’s light, it would lose its glory and beauty and become just a dull dark orb in the sky.

In the same way, like the moon, we can only maintain our brightness when we stay close to the Sun of righteousness. Jesus is the light of the world. The more we contact His light, through staying in His Presence, the more we can shine brightly on earth.
In Exodus 33:18-23 when Moses was on Mt. Sinai in the presence of the Lord, his face radiated with the glory of the Lord And the glow continued even after he came down from the mountain. The light that came from his face was as a result of being in God’s presence.

In the same way, as we study the Word and behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord, the more we will be changed into the same image from glory to glory. And we know that glory is the answer to shame.

Psalm 34;5 says ‘They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.’

Therefore if you are dealing with any issue of shame today, the way out is to contact the glory of God through spending time in His Presence. If you want to dominate over the works of darkness, the answer is to contact light from God’s Word. Indeed as we spend time in His Presence, through studying the Word, prayer and praise, we will receive the grace we need for the race. And when we are engraced, we cannot be disgraced.

Indeed as believers our victory and shining in life is bound to our closeness to God. The closer you are to God, the more His light will be imparted into you and the more you can live in dominion and power.
Indeed for our gifts and callings to be effective, we must stay connected to the Father of lights.

James 1:17 says ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.’

Every good and perfect gift comes from God.
We have no beauty or color on our own outside of our connection to God. Indeed without Jesus we can do nothing. It is only in Him that we can live and move and have our being.
We have no light or life outside of Him. And as we seek God and His kingdom first, then glory, beauty, color and everything else we need in life shall be added unto us.

PRAYER: Father please help me to always walk in Your light so that Your Glory can continually reflect through me. May my light so shine before men that they may see my good works and constantly glorify You in Jesus Name.

QUOTE :
For you to enjoy victory in the Kingdom of God, you need to develop a Kingdom mindset, that thinks in line with the Word of God. – WORDBITE 222.