God enlightens as
well as sets on fire. Today God’s children do not lack power; they lack
enlightenment. We may think it takes power to eliminate improper things. Yet
who of us knows that that which takes away all which is opposed and contrary to
God is enlightenment and not power? When God enlightens you and shows you the
sinfulness of sin, that sin leaves you. It is withered and gone. For light
brings in conviction, and more light generates the power to eliminate sin. Let
us be willing to be enlightened of God. For when we are enlightened, sin cannot
raise its head.
What, though, if we
fail to see this light? Let us understand that the fire from God is for
burning. If it does not burn away sin, then it will burn away the person. Light
rejected will mean we incur chastening. Chastening is not God’s second act, but
it simply comes at the time when light is rejected. Discipline or chastening is
a kind of judgment. He who accepts the judgment of light is saved, whereas he
who rejects the light is disciplined. Chastening is God’s judgment. It comes as
the result of light being rejected. Not all unfortunate happenings are
necessarily God’s chastening, though many of them are.
How do we know if a
particular chastening is a satanic attack or the Lord’s discipline? All who
fear God will hear what God has to say. Yet many of God’s children fail to see
the light. Many chastening's fall short of their purposes. Even after chastening's,
they still do not see wherein there is crookedness and unrighteousness in their
lives. Let us therefore ask for enlightenment, for this truly is a blessing.
Seeing light today is the proof that God’s judgment is in His house.
