I have thing for stars. IF you don't believe me go back and read one of my blog entries from November 2008. I love the stars! Paul writes in Philippians 2 that I will shine like the stars in the universe. The stars shine all the time but you see them best at night. You see the stars even better when it's really dark and the stars are the only light. Sometimes God lets the circumstances around you go dark so you will shine with His light. Right before the star statement he says to do everything without grumbling or arguing. Meaning no complaining. Complaining is more or an insult to God's character than an accurate assessment of the situation at hand. Not complaining is the outflow of the inward growth we have in Christ. Think about this... if we do everything without complaining no matter how horrible the circumstances may be we shine like the stars. God shines through when we don't complain! We shine him! Happiness is a symptom of circumstances but joy is a product of perspective and no matter what happens to me God is still good and I will be grateful. Perspective is hard to remember. But whatever we think is bad, there is somebody else who has it worse or who has had it worse.
Okay. This one is my favorite. Think of a glow stick! you have to break it and turn out the lights before you can really see it shine. Sometimes God has to break you and turn out the lights (make the circumstances dark) before his glory will truely shine!
This is what I learned at church this weekend! Pretty cool huh? Check out the sermon at http://www.elevationchurch.org/
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