A few weeks ago I was doing science homework with one of my daughters and we were discussing producers vs consumers. Producers are green plants that take in sunlight and convert the light into energy that animals feed upon. This led to a discussion about how we are to be like trees planted by living water. In a similar way we are supposed to convert God's light within us into energy and much more. God is light and he lives within us. Here is a very important statement that I am going to repeat a couple of times...
Because God is light and everything is hidden within him. All of the wisdom, knowledge, energy, love, peace, patience, health, finances, we will ever need is hidden in the light but we must know how to access it and convert it into practical things in our lives. For example, there is an unlimited inexhaustible supply of health and energy in you if you can learn to convert it into energy.
Here is the conversion process. Jesus said if you would see with your eyes, hear with your ears, understand with the heart, and turn/convert it then healing flows. In Deuteronomy it says prosperity comes after turning to the Lord. In Acts it says that times of refreshing come after turning to the Lord.
To produce from the inside we must be consistently seeing and hearing God's word. Then we must understand it. Colossians 1:6 says the gospel produces fruit in our lives ever since the day we understood God's grace. It is God's grace and his goodness that we must understand. This understanding should cause a turning to him, as we make him the source of everything. This turning should lead to some very different actions in our lives that lead to us producing from the inside.
As we take communion today, let it be a reminder that this is only possible because of the sacrifice of Jesus.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
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