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 WALK
IN THE LIGHT
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord –Isaiah 2:5
Let us walk in the light of the Lord. This world is in complete and utter
darkness, and sometimes I wonder how we as a people allowed things to get so
bad. Why do we enjoy being in darkness so much? People have always said that the
biggest sinners are in Church, and I was never too sure how this could be. It
was until recently that I started to realize that there could be some truth to
that statement. We hear of priests sleeping with little children, pastors
sleeping with members of the congregation, even if he/she has a spouse. How
about church members getting drunk and being in the clubs almost every night,
and then coming to church on Sunday with a hangover.
Christians! What is going on with us? How have we allowed things to get this
bad? We come to church on Sundays and put on a mask, trying to hide that which
we really are, in the darkness. Come, brethren, let us walk in the light of the
Lord. Beg God to lead you back to the cross where you first met and lay all of
your sins down there. There is nothing hidden that will not be brought into the
light, so why don’t you make the first move. Take off your mask and let us all
walk hand in hand in the light. Let us bring some light into this dark world.
The world is quickly coming to an end, and it is my fervent prayer that none of
us is caught in the darkness when the father comes.
Celestial Church! We have completely lost sight of the task that is at hand.
Sinners are perishing in sin in the world, and we are in the Church fighting
over who gets to wear what robe and who gets to sit on what seat. Let us stop
chasing after worthless vanity! We say that ‘this is the last boat of
salvation,’ and that ‘we are going to cleanse the world,’ but right now, we are
not even clean ourselves. We have totally cheapened the grace and amazing power
that God has bestowed on our Church. If we look around the Church today, we see
that God is starting to raise up the youth, but we need role models to look up
to. We need footsteps to walk in, but we don’t see any!
What happened to our faith in God? What happened to having faith as small as
a mustard seed in order to move mountains? Why have we put our faith in mere
mortals? Why do we depend on candles and certain leaders in the church for the
answers to our prayers? God is calling us to come back to him! He is begging us
to meet him again at that cross where we first met! He is urging us to come into
the light, as he is the light!
Celestial youth! Where are you? I look around the Church and I see great
potential with no drive. Let us get motivated and begin to make a difference! We
are so quick to complain that we don’t like the way things are and that
Celestial Church is ‘not cool.’ What have you done to inspire change? What moves
have you made in order to make our Church cool? Why have your hands become so
idle? We get ‘hyped’ up when we are in the world, at school, at parties, in the
club, but when in Church, we just sit there like mere cadavers staring at our
watches to see if it is time to go back into the world. If we put half the
energy and drive that we use in the world into our church, we can begin a mighty
move of God! Get on the ball, and lets get rolling!!!
Brethren, I am not pointing any fingers, because I myself am not worthy
enough to do so, but one thing I do know is that God wants to do something
through us. God wants to cleanse the world through Christians, through Celestial
Church, but when he looks around, the song on his heart is this; “What more
could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for
good grapes, why did it yield only bad?…And he looked for justice, but saw
bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.” –Isaiah 5:4-7
A great preacher once preached a sermon called ‘Where are the true
worshippers?’ As I listened to this sermon, my body began to tremble because I
was afraid, afraid of whether God considered me a true worshipper. And I tell
you this today; God is sitting upon His throne and scanning throughout the
world, and more specifically, Celestial Church, to find true worshippers and to
give us a second chance. The first time he came he said, “When I came, why was
there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer?” God doesn’t need
us, and one thing that the Lord has revealed to me several times is that he is
going to cleanse Celestial Church one way or the other. He is going to break off
those branches that are not bearing any fruit and also those that bear bad
fruit, so that all that is left in this great Church are true worshippers.
Christians, Celestial Church, Celestial youth, it is time for us to get right
with God before we get left behind. It is time for us to begin to do the will of
the Father. It is time for us to refocus our minds and our spirits on the only
thing that really matters, GOD. It is time for us to become fishers of men. It
is time for us to build up disciples! It is time for us to become role models
for the upcoming youth.
There is going to be a mighty move of God in Celestial Church of Christ with
or without you, and I know and pray that I am going to be part of that move. So
I leave you with this question; ‘Are you going to join me in the light?’
By Rachael Olorunnisola
chosenbygrace83@hotmail.com
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