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Spiritual Sparklers
Some were twinkling
decorative lights that simply brought joy and laughter to those who desperately
need it
Missey Butler
The Scripture’s explain that in the last days
gross darkness will cover the earth, and though the darkness will increase, so
also will the light!
As born-again believers, each one of us carries
within ourselves a holy light, an “aura” that can be keenly detected by our
fellow man.
Many times, you’ll even hear
people say, “I’m not sure what it is about you, but for some reason I
just like being around you.”
As a very young Sunday school preschooler, I
remember vividly one particular song that I used to love to sing with every
ounce of my 4-year-old heart.
I would sing it at the top of my lungs and
(usually) somewhat off key. It went something like this:
A Sunbeam, a Sunbeam, Jesus
wants me for a Sunbeam. A Sunbeam, a Sunbeam, I’ll be a ‘Sunbeam’ for Him!
Even as a grown woman I find myself still
singing that song… with all of my now 54-year-old heart!
The other evening, while lying in bed, I reached
over to turn out my reading lamp, and instead of the room going black, the
light bulb suddenly became brighter.
I turned the switch again and it got even
brighter. I turned it a third time and -- you guessed it -- super bright!
My husband had slipped in a three-way bulb
without my knowing it.
As I laid there with sleepy eyes gazing at the
finely woven filaments inside the bulb, I began to wonder if perhaps in a
similar fashion, that is how it’s going to be as we are transformed from glory
to glory.
Second Corinthians 3:18 in the Amplified version
of the Bible tells us:
“And all of us, as with
unveiled face, (because we) continue to behold (in the Word of God) as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very
image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; (for
this comes) from the Lord (Who is) the Spirit.”
I immediately had a rather interesting vision of
a vast group of believers.
All of them were shaped like Sylvania light
bulbs. Each one had been hand blown by the Divine glass-blower, twisted and
turned into unique shapes and sizes.
After creating these delicate containers of
light, He lovingly placed each one of them atop a beautiful custom designed
lamp.
All the bulbs that He created were “perfect”
within themselves (what we are after receiving salvation).
Then, individually, they began to reflect forth
varying degrees of light. Some of them were 15-watt, some were 25-watt, some
75- and some 1000-watts!
A portion of these bulbs were made to be “street
lamps” to help illuminate the many walkways of life.
Others were made to be traffic lights to help
guide those who needed to stop, go, or slow down with caution.
Some were twinkling decorative lights that
simply brought joy and laughter to those who desperately need it.
I found a couple more Scriptures where this
analogy is described:
“The sun has one kind of
splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differ from star in
splendor. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead” (1 Corinthians 15:41)
“The path of the just is as a
shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18).
“Those who are wise will shine
like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness,
like the stars for ever and ever” (Daniel 12:3).
It was beginning to get late, so I leaned over
and turned out my reading lamp, and the room quickly surrounded itself with
darkness.
As the moments quieted down
and all I could hear were my thoughts, I began to pray: “Father, help
us NOT to become a dimly lit night light, hidden away in some dark corner
barely being seen by anyone. Instead, cause us to shine forth with the
brilliance of Your glory, by flipping the switch and sending the current of
Your anointing to emanate radiantly through us, just like Your word in Isaiah
describes: ‘Arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord
has risen upon you!’” (Isaiah 60:1)
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Missey Butler is a freelance writer and contributor to CBN.com.
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mission of CBN and its affiliated organizations is to prepare the nations of
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