Something that the Holy Spirit taught me while studying Matthew this last season was that light is a fruit of the spirit and that fruit comes from the overflow of the Spirit. Which means, as a Believer, ALL fruit is an overflow and should be all be visible in the Believer’s life; aka it should shine as a never ending lightbulb…this was just the beginning of the study of light.
“Leitbowlb”
At training camp in June, they challenged us to find a verse that we could meditate on the whole race, so I started asking Jesus what he wanted me to meditate on. But nothing really popped out to me.
I asked Him again at launch, the beginning of August, what He wanted me to focus on. The Holy Spirit whispered “light”. He wanted me to focus on light this race. Light physically in pictures, maybe videos, capturing sparkles in people’s eyes, but most importantly pulling out and identifying the light of the Spirit and spreading that light. Little did I know how hard yet profound this “study” would become.
the meaning of the moon
Going through the end of month one into month two, He started showed me how small my perspective on the meaning of light actually was. Words mean a lot to me, and when they mean a lot to God—because they do—it makes it a fun game to try to figure out and put all the puzzle pieces together.
Month one, the Mongolia girls gave me the Mongolian name pronounced “Saura” which means moon. Since then, the moon has come up a lot: from our blood moon night adventure, to random Bible verses about the moon coming up in my reading, and several other sundry things. I wanted to know why He was highlighting moons for me.
——ask me what a burning bush means——
First day of ATL in China, He gave me a vision, two actually. The first one was a tornado spinning crazily around in a clear tube, and it couldn’t get out—-more on the meaning of this in later words. The second one was me being blown through what looked like the inside of an clean intestinal tube that never seemed to end, but when it did, I was in space. Then I looked around and there was the sun, bright and terribly large in its glory, the earth barely even touching its mass, then the moon. It took a few weeks to actually process what He wanted me to know. Then He told me. “You are the moon, a reflection of the Sun’s glory to shine on all the earth”. The moon, on its own, isn’t much more than rocks and dust, but the perfect Creator put it in the exact space to be able to reflect the sun’s light to earth, to be as Psalms says so many times: “the light in the darkness”. And that was who He said I was, the moon, a reflection of His light and glory.
light of the world
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden….Therefore let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.” Matthew 5
We, as believer’s are the light of the world. Repeat after me “I am light”. If the world keeps getting darker, are we truly shining our light? We are no longer hidden in darkness but we have been saturated with light. Without us, the reflection of His light, the world will keep getting darker. We cannot be hidden, so why do we try to hide our light or only shine it where there is already light? Out of fear? Are we actually living in the Spirit?
“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.” John 1
The light was referring to Jesus who is the “light of the world”. This verse has played over and over again through my mind these last few weeks. Whenever light comes into a room, where does the darkness go? Does darkness overcome light or does light overcome darkness?
There is always a separation, they can not mingle together. The darkness simply flees.
How would it look like in our lives if we actually took our anointed role as “lights of the world” and applied it to our lives, in every area?
challenge
I challenge you to what I say in China: “go into the Wardrobe and explore Narnia”. Dig into His Letter and explore the new meanings of light. Ask the Holy Spirit to highlight scriptures, convict you where you are not being a light, and learn what it means to shine His glory and be a moon.
This is just the beginning of this “light” study…I am excited to see what other things He pulls out over the next months on the Race!
