Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I stepped outside to see what the Lord is up to this morning before the sun even made its way to the horizon. There was just a sliver of light from the sun rising in the east, and yet the mountain in the west was illuminated with the most beautiful color just by a little exposure to the sun so far away. When I sat down to spend time with the One Who died for me, I couldn’t stop thinking about that beautiful image and how even without the full benefit of the risen sun, the other side of my world was glowing. And so it is with our Faith. Just a tiny bit of color from the One Who died for me and people from far and wide can see the Beauty of my Faith. We are the light of the world and the salt of the earth and it SHOWS when we live like it. Isn’t that the way you see your Journey too?

It’s amazing how people of Faith look for the big things as if the big things are proof of Good things. They look for a big church..a big praise band…a big pastor with a big voice…and a big agenda of fun things to do. There’s no end to the list of big things many people want to find in a local church. We are drawn to big and we tend to base our idea of success on the big things we see with our eyes. But all it ever takes is just a little bit of Jesus. Just a little Light from the King and the color of everything around us can change and just a little salt of our Faith and the flavor of the world is enhanced. At just the mention of His name the demons shudder, and they’ll run off squealing like wussies if we command them to in Jesus’ name. Proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ is so powerful that even some who don’t really Know Jesus at all will see the miraculous when they mention His Name. In fact, some people will be fooled by their own pride and ignorance when they hear “depart from me, I never knew you” because they were able to see Big things when they mentioned the name of Jesus. But those Big things had nothing to do with a big Faith at all. Of all the things I can do in His Name, I wouldn’t want to do any of them UNLESS I Know Him by way of a Personal Relationship. Without that part, what I do is meaningless and without that part, I’d never spend Eternity with Him.

The older I get the less interested I am in doctrine and the more focused I am on being taught by His Word and His Spirit. The Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” SO, the way I see it, I can’t go wrong if I rely on the God in the Beginning and His Word. His Word has a lot to say about us being the Light and the salt, and it has a lot to say about the Spiritual battles we face and how important it is to call upon the Name of Jesus to win the war. I Serve a supernatural God. I believe in supernatural things. Who would want to serve a God with no power and who would want to be placed in an army without Powerful weapons? Not me. So, I do my best to let my Light shine so that the world can see me coming from far away. I do my best to be the salt of the earth so that my words, my Heart, and my entire countenance Reflect Jesus Christ and enhance anything and everyone I encounter. I’ll call upon the Name of Jesus Christ often and I’ll see miraculous things when I do. How do I know? Because His Word says that even with Faith the size of a mustard seed, I can move a mountain!

The reflection of the sun in the east illuminated the mountains in the west but even more than that, the One Who died for me illuminated my Heart and threaded this message for the world. He speaks and I type because I Love Him. I know where my Strength comes from. I know where my Power comes from. I know Who holds my Future and I have no “risk” of hearing “depart from me, I never knew you.”

How about you?