[Discoveries] 07-02-08 Where Jesus is revealed -- Matthew 4:16

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

"/*... the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those 
living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." -- 
Matthew 4:16*/

Where is the land of darkness? It is inside us.

Read the verse, study the chapter and consider: The darkness is within. 
There wasn't some fog over Galilee any more than there is some special 
fog over the place you live or the place I live. Whenever there is 
darkness, it is within.

So where does Jesus need to be revealed? He needs to be revealed inside 
each of us.

For me the landscape has often been financial. Again and again over the 
years I've been brought to the place of having nothing. (Not that I 
planned it that way!) But from that place where my manhood felt 
insulted, my self sufficiency turned to shame, my intelligence and hard 
work mocked, God showed up. Many times we've been in need, and at the 
last moment, somehow, miraculously the money was there.

In some ways I hesitate to even mention these things because I don't 
want to send the wrong message that God doesn't want us to be wise with 
our finances, diligent with our labor. Of course He does.

But I do want to point out that when we bring our worries and fears into 
the presence of God, something changes inside us. Darkness turns to light.

That is my message to you today. Jesus is to be revealed in you. What 
you know with your mind, Jesus means for you to know with your life.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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