New Thru 30 - Day 1
Posted by Jeff Jackson at 11:57 am
I handed out the challenge yesterday to all who would join me in reading the New Testament in 30 days (see post). Let me tell you day 1 was awesome and here is what stuck out to me the most.
Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
What we take into our hearts and lives have a huge affect on our spiritual disposition. We have to always be on guard to what we are putting into our lives. The statement at the end of verse 23 kicked me directly in the teeth. “If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!“ What does it mean “the light within you is darkness?” Can light be dark and still guide our path? I don’t think so. The powerful imagery here is that darkness is so powerful that will consume the light in our lives and we will become spiritually dead. Keep the light bright. Guard your heart, pray, fast, serve, love all.
Jeff
