Matthew 5:16 ‘Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.’

DAILY READING • Luke 5:27-39; Genesis 1:1-2:25; Psalm 1

Kovalam, is a coastal village in the southern district of mainland India. It was one of the towns that was hit the hardest by the 2004 tsunami, but amazingly no life was lost because of an alert Christian priest in the town named Susai Antony.
When the priest noticed the first waves of the tsunami sweeping in, he lost no time in making announcements through the public announcement system, alerting people to immediately vacate their coastal houses. When some people seemed reluctant to heed his warnings, the priest himself went down the seashore and began to force them to move to safety.
As he was frantically hurrying residents of the village away from the shore, the waves struck again and the priest was pulled in by the water. Though people initially thought he had drowned, however, he survived by clinging to the concrete structure of a house.
In the aftermath of the tsunami, about 180 houses and many boats in the coastal village were destroyed or washed away by the invading waves. But all the residents were safe.
This was not case in the villages around them where many lives were lost because they received no early warning of the incoming waves. However, the people of Kovalam village miraculously escaped because of one man’s commitment to warn them and lead them to safety.

God has called us as saviors to give men warning and deliver them from the waves of death and destruction sweeping through the world.
God’s ultimate purpose is to have all men saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. And God has sent us into the world as His agents of deliverance.

Today, it indeed seems as if an evil tsunami is trapping many in its massive waves. There is an influx of iniquity in the world, like never seen before, and many people are being deceived and derailed from their purpose and destiny.
As believers who know the truth we cannot simply fold our hands while many are being trapped in these perilous times.
We have a responsibility to shine the light of the Gospel into the world and help lead men out of the increasing darkness.
As believers, we are called to be watchmen on the wall to stand in the gap and intercede in prayers.

Ezekiel 22:30,31 says ‘And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.’

In these last days, we should make ourselves available to be used by God to save the souls of the perishing.
The coming of Jesus caused the people which sat in darkness to see a great light; and those who sat in the region and shadow of death were saved by His light.[ Matthew 4:16]
And as the Father sent Jesus, so has He sent us.
Today, we have been sent into the dark places of the world to make a difference. In our homes, families, communities, offices, we are sent to serve as God’s agents of deliverance.
However, we cannot give what we don’t have. We must be revived, before we can attempt to revive others.
We must therefore accept the spiritual responsibility of a consistent lifestyle of prayers, study of the Word and fellowship with the Spirit so as to keep our fire burning. By so doing we will save both ourselves and the souls of many from perishing in the spiritual tsunami that is currently sweeping through the earth in these last days.

PRAYER; Father, please help me to accept the spiritual responsibility of prayers and study of the Word so that my life will be revived to carry Your fire. Wherever I go please help me to brightly shine Your light to save the lost in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
The study of The Word will keep shame and disgrace far from you. WORDBITE 222.