Sal, Luz y servidumbre

By Landa Cope

We do not need to be afraid of the darkness of our world. God’s word promises that where there is darkness our light will shine brighter. It does not take much salt to improve the tasteless pot. I trust that God will put new vision in our hearts as to your global responsibility and call, cuando se mira más de lo que se podría sal con sabor y bendices con el valor y las palabras del Evangelio.

Joseph was just seventeen when God told him he would lead a nation. By the age of thirty, he was affecting many nations with brilliant agricultural solutions that God had given him in response to a famine. He demonstrated the worth of God’s Word in the political arena so profoundly that it affected generations with God’s truth. Similarly, Esther was a young woman when God directed her to take necessary steps toward international influence. When the time came, que cambió la historia de su pueblo.

No hay límite a lo que Dios puede lograr a través de usted! But we need to be aware of how we can bring God’s salt and light to a waiting world.

The Gospel tells us that Jesus faced three temptations as the Holy Spirit prepared Him for ministry. The first challenged His position as it related to His physical needs. "Si eres el Hijo de Dios, tell these stones to become bread.“ The second challenged His position as it related to spiritual power. "Si eres el Hijo de Dios, tírate abajo (desde el punto más alto del templo)."

Jesus dealt with each of these temptations by acknowledging that His responsibility was to obey the Father as He directed Him. He was not obliged “to prove“ His sonship with a certain physical provision or a spectacular act of spiritual power.

Atacar la filiación de Cristo no fue eficaz, and in the final temptation the enemy took a different approach. He accompanied Jesus to the top of a high mountain and showed Him all the nations in their splendor. “ All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.“ Jesus understood His position. He saw His birthright, the nations. The temptation? To obtain his inheritance fast and without apparent suffering by following a way other than God’s.

History overflows with those who have understood who they were in Christ and have seen the nations as their inheritance. Al mismo tiempo, too many have bowed down to this last temptation of the enemy. It is a subtle deception.

The ways of God are always grounded in servanthood. Jesus did not come to be blessed, but to bless. He did not come to judge, but to forgive. He did not come to gain His life, but to lay it down. He did not come to safeguard His rights, pero para garantizar su seguridad de otros.

A study of great men and women of the faith will show us that they learned this important frame of mind and heart. Moses tended sheep, David sirvió a Saúl, Joseph trabajó en prision, Daniel sirvió un gobierno pagano, Esther esperó a su rey: these are all examples of how God prepared a world changer through servanthood. They resisted the last temptation and stood as pillars of light in the darkness of their day, salazón de la historia de la raza humana.

Lo que una generación en que vivimos! Never in human history has there been greater opportunity to shine for the cause of Jesus Christ. May your heart be open to hear God’s purpose for your life. Only He knows what He has planned for you. My prayer is that you pass the last temptation and, en lugar de ser un moderno cruzado celebración naciones a la espada, Ser como Jesús con todo el poder de un corazón de siervo.