Letting the Light Within Shine Forth

Children have within them the light of grace and purity.  That is why evil/Satan aims to claim their souls before they are strong---to introduce fear, or scars, or horror---all of which prevent their inner radiance from transforming the world around them.

If we could only remove the debris blocking our own inner radiance, we too would transform the world around us.  Transparency before God allows us to reflect His beauty, as a crystal reflects the light of the sun, no matter which way it turns.  There must be within us no shadow or darkness that the Son/sun cannot penetrate or overcome with His radiance and penetrating love.

The Son/sun must find our core, our essence, set the wick aflame, and put us on a lampstand to give light to all in the house.  Jesus told the disciples, "You are already clean because of the Word spoken in you."  And Peter later was to write, "He has cleansed us by the washing with water of the Word."

Hebrews 4:12 says, "The word of God is living and active, separating the soul from the spirit....and discerning the thoughts of the mind and the heart."  It is the Word of God going through us that divides the thoughts of our minds from what the Spirit would teach us, that purifies us at the core.  But the Word cannot simply be "read;" it must be "muttered."

Psalm 1 reads this way:

Blessed is the man who does not follow the counsel of the wicked,

nor go the way of sinners,

nor sit in the company of scoffers.

Rather the law of the Lord is his delight;

He meditates on the law of the Lord day and night.

He is like a tree planted near streams of water,

that yields its fruit in due season;

its leaves never wither;

whatever he does prospers.

Now, to the Jews, the phrase "the law of the Lord" refers to the instruction, or teaching, or "Word" of the Lord, not simply to "law," as we understand it.  And the word translated "meditates" really means "mutters" in Hebrew.  Since "mutter" has a slightly unbalanced implication in English, most translaters will go with "meditate," which sounds more "holy." 

But it is the "muttering" of Scripture that will transform us, get rid of the debris, and allow the radiance of God to penetrate the darkness of our minds and hearts.  We don't always say what we believe, but we always believe what we say---

so we need to allow the word of God to wash us, cleanse us, heal us from fear, darkness, terror---whatever has blocked the radiance of our "child's soul" from shining into the world.  We need to mutter the word of God until it divides the thoughts of our minds from our spirits, until it becomes for us a powerful, two-edged sword. 

I almost always wear a bracelet with the inscription:  God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress (Ps. 46:1).  Wearing the bracelet helps me to say the Scripture over and over until it penetrates my heart, overcoming the thoughts and fears of my mind, until I truly believe and rely upon that Word to transform me in all circumstances.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it (John 1:5).  If we could only allow that Light to penetrate through the layers of fear, evil, and scum that have tried to cover it since our birth!!!!