October 13 Tuesday

Today as I read chapter 4 of Mark there are two places that really stuck out to me.  One is verses 21 thru 23 that talks about a lamp and how no one puts it in the corner but puts it on a stand so the light shines as much as possible and in verse 22
 "For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open and every secret will be brought to light."
Wow - that is scarry but so truethful.  We think we are so good at hiding our secrets from the Lord and He not only sees them but promises to put them in the light where everyone will see them!  The reason He does this is not to expose us to everyone but when our 'secrets' are put in the light of Jesus they are seen for what they really are....sin.  The light of Jesus exposes sin..darkness.  The only reason we hide things is because they are wrong and we know they are wrong.  So, live your life in the open......in the light of Jesus.  Don't hide away in the corner those things you think are wrong because Jesus promises to let His light shine on them anyway and they will be exposed!!!  I used to tell my kids all the time that parents could see in the dark or that whatever they tried to hide from us Jesus would show us anyway......for their good!  And it was true...over and over again we would find things out that they never could figure out how we did.  The Lord is looking out for all of us!
Then the other part of this chapter that is so good is when Jesus is in the boat with the disciples but falls asleep and a really bad storm comes up.  They wake Him up and He calms the storm and turns to them and says
"Why are you afraid?  Do you still have no faith?"
What they were afraid of is that the boat would go down because Jesus was asleep.  Do you know that is how we see things in our lives that feel like a shinking ship in a really bad storm?  We think Jesus must have fallen asleep and our boat is going down.  What he have to remember is that JESUS DOESN'T SINK!
And if He is in your boat.....it isn't going down!  Our faith is in Him....not in the size of the storm!
Wow, all this and only one chapter.  The Word of God is so powerful.  Let your faith be strengthened today!