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A Mobile Church

I love the picture to the right, taken by a friend in the church. It's the perfect picture of God's light shining down on his church. The symbolism of it is perfect: the church is soaking up God's light and charging its people inside to do God's work. I don't know about you but I always feel refreshed and recharged after connecting with a body of believers. Our light gets "re-brightened" and we are energized to keep going.

God wants us to take His light out to the people - His church (the light bearers) is not to be confined by four walls and our own preconceived notions. I think a lot of Christians are afraid to be "the light of the world" for fear of being judged or cast out socially. God wants us to hand over our fear of looking stupid and get desperate for him to change our lives. To rid ourselves of this fear, we have to open our hearts to what God desires and ask him to fill us with his light and wisdom in its place. When you open your heart entirely to God, you also open yourself up to new relationships. These relationships are a catalyst for change because opening up to new people reveals aspects of your personality you were unaware of. These aspects might be good or bad but as they are revealed, you can ask God how he wants to deal with each thing. This process will mold you into a new person that can be better used of God. Your light will shine and will become a beacon to others seeking freedom.
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