Month: December 2017

Follow the Star Devotional Day 8
Love, Light and Life
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever would believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
There are many different people offering us many different things in life, for life, as life. How do you know who to believe or trust? God comes, as a baby, offering us love, light and life forever. By the way, it’s a life free of the sorrow and suffering in eternity. But the question is why? I think that is a good question to ask all the time. Why is someone, even God, offering me this life that we are putting our trust in and hoping for. Hope has a motive. I think it’s called “love”. The question “why?” helps us with the answer “what?” Is this question or offer motivated by “love” or “lust”? God’s offer is motivated by “love” and it gives us maybe the three essential things we need to become alive and kind and fulfilled. Love, Light & Life. What do you think?

Follow the Star Devotional Day 5
The Anchor of Hope
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Hebrews 6:19
We have this “hope” that is more than a desperate wish or fleeting fantasy. Hope in Jesus, the Light or the world, is a belief and an awareness of His presence, passion and power in our lives. Jesus is in the boat with us. It’s that awareness that serves as an anchor in our lives. We are not alone. He is here with us and in us. That’s why it’s so important to be born-again. Being born-again is inviting the presence, passion and power of the Holy Spirit into our lives. It’s His presence that is our anchor. So, we place our trust in Him and hold on to His hand through the calm and over the waves of this life. His “light” brings us that “hope” which serves as our anchor.

Follow the Star Devotional Day 4
Hope Does Not Disappoint

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Romans 5:5

How do we know when we’ve latched onto something that’s true and real? Well for one thing, there may be suffering but there won’t be shame. God’s hope does not disappoint or put to shame. But real hope may involve suffering because we’re willing to walk through what it takes to have the real thing, something worth living for or dying for. Make sense? Shame brings suffering too but it’s suffering with no reward really.

The light of Christmas brought a hope into this world that is worth living for and does not put us to shame. I mean, living this life that Jesus brings us isn’t anything to be ashamed of for anyone who believes. It’s a life of love, light, and liberty in Jesus. There may be suffering because we live in a world that doesn’t understand it or appreciate it but it won’t end in shame. In a nutshell, those who live in the light of Jesus don’t have to live in shame. We won’t come to the end of this day or this life and regret it for ourselves, our family or our friends. That’s how real His light is!