"Lighting the Way" -3

"And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday." (Psalms 37:6) And, by putting together all that was spoken in the previous three verses, there is a pattern of a circle that is given, almost as if it is a perpetual motion of our lives, and how we are to Trust, Delight, Commit, and Trust. Not that we can not find other descriptive words to show how we are to move, but these are pretty much the mandatory components of our faith in Jesus Christ; and in doing so, the verse above shall be true in our lives, no matter how it is looked upon; whether we are a light onto others, or unto ourselves, or even unto our Father in heaven; we will not fail if we Trust in Jesus, Delight in Jesus, Commit our life to Jesus, and Trust in Jesus. To be a light unto others, we begin by trusting in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour; if we are truly saved, then the next step is rather easy, because it pretty much comes with New Life in Christ, for He lives in us and the Holy Spirit gives us the ability and the desire to delight in Jesus; not only because He has saved us, but because of all that He is, and all that He has done; much as John says at the end of his epistle, saying, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." (John 21:25) The following step, although also part of the first, is pertaining to persecution, trials, and tribulation; those things which cause us to doubt, and require us to commit and recommit, not letting doubt take hold in our hearts; and therefore our new commitment moves into trust, and on and on it goes. That is how we are to be a light unto others; because, as they read our lives, they will see Jesus is real in us, and they might see the hope that is available for their own life, by watching that hope lived out in us. As far as being a light unto ourselves, we have this confirmed in us by the Holy Spirit which dwells within us; as He is pleased and not grieved by the way that we live; making the Spirit more prominent in our daily lives, so as to be well aware of His presence within us; His presence being the Light of God. And for our Father which art in heaven, as He looks upon us abiding in His Son, He delights in us as His children; not actually based upon the ability that we have in keeping His commands, but based upon our dwelling in His Son, because it is the Light of His Son that He will see displayed in our lives... "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundations of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved: in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself: that in the dispensation of the fulness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him." (Ephesians 1:3-10)