THE POWER OF LIGHT

2 Corinthians 4:7
We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

The moment we realize that we live in darkness, and long for that LIGHT....and we throught the power of the Holy Spirit accept the LIGHT, we then become children of the LIGHT!  It then becomes our responsibility to let our LIGHTS SO SHINE THAT MEN/WOMEN/CHILDREN may see our good works and Glorify Him!   As Paul was writing to the Corinthian church, he wanted to remind them that since they've accepted Christ and His LIGHT lives in our hearts and dwells in our bodies that since we are like jars of clay containing this power...it's not of our own abilities that we conjure up...but rather OUR POWER IS FROM GOD!   Green Lantern took an oath that said

...and I shall shed my light over dark evil.

For the dark things cannot stand the light,

The light of the Green Lantern!

Which when you look at it reminds us of  JESUS reminding us that WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Luke 5:14) and that darkness will not overcome the LIGHT (John 1:5).  We are also reminded that it is our responsibility to keep THIS LIGHT shining (Luke 11:35) and to know that we will come upon trials in this life and that when we do...we are to draw our encouragement from this same POWERFUL LIGHT!  (10:31-37).

SO my challenge to you is since the WORD says we are a candle on a hill...many of you work or live in places that you personally feel are places of darkness...and my problem with that is.....LIGHT always overcomes darkness...no matter how small or powerful of a light....it overcomes!   Green Lantern's abilities beyond the ring were his ability to imagine something and it manifest through the power of the LIGHT within the ring he wore.......I DARE YOU TO IMAGINE how to let your LIGHT SO SHINE at work and in your community that people will be drawn to you, but ultimately to GOD!  LGLP