Let us come into the light of God. We need to the world to see that God is at work in us. This isn't prideful. It is, in fact, the opposite. Our weakness is exposed at the very moments when God's strength is the most profoundly visible. In our weakness we can flee from God's strength or we can instead welcome it.
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light
and does not come toward the light,
so that his works might not be exposed.
But whoever lives the truth comes to the light,
so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
God wants to set us free from prisons that keep us from the light.
But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison,
led them out, and said,
"Go and take your place in the temple area,
and tell the people everything about this life."
The Father wants to give us the faith in his Son so that we can come out from the prisons that keep us from proclaiming his truth. We don't break out on our own. Rather, we follow his angels to freedom. As we are delivered from bondage our faith is strengthened and we are more free to confess the name of Jesus Christ.
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
We need to realize our imprisonment. We need to realize the poverty of our faith. When we see these things we can wait with confidence on the LORD. He will come to save and deliver us.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
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