| What is the difference between putting on your headlamp during daytime and nighttime? You can imagine it.
Imagine if Moses had parted a stream while the Israelites were still rollicking and frolicking in Egypt; perhaps they would have raised up their thumbs and tell him … “you are good”. But when they had the red sea in front of them and the enemy behind, the ranking of Moses was … “you are God’s”. Exodus 14:31 (MSG) says “the people were in reverent awe before GOD and trusted in GOD and his servant Moses”.
Perhaps if Jesus had turned water to wine when there were still many jars of wine at the wedding in Cana, some people may have concluded – “he is good”. Many may not even notice that a miracle had just occurred. But Nicodemus surreptitiously visited him by night because overtime he had gained the perception that “he is God’s” (John 3:2).
Like the headlamp, it’s the same light producing different external effect at different times.
Proverbs 24:10 (GW) could fit for a ringtone today –“If you faint in a crisis, you are weak”. Absolutely! The outer pressures can reveal the inner person.
What if the person that lives on your inside is Christ? Then you should be experiencing the flip side of the verse above. The effect of the strength on our inside can be better appreciated. People who may have given us credit for just being good can now ascribe the glory to the one who has always been at work within us – God. Let this be your testimony.
– tope aladenusi |
