Simon doesn't live here anymore...

As a kid, I recall playing the popular game of Simon Says,
No matter what Simon said to do, if you wanted to stay in the game, you had to do it, but only if the command was prefaced by "Simon Says". If the command was given without the "catch all phrase" and you were the unfortunate one caught making a move, you were booted out of the game.

As I thought about how much fun it used to be to listen so astutely to the commands of Simon, and try to immitate anything he called out, I asked myself, what if Simon had said "Let there be Light?" No matter what, there would be no way to become or mimick light! Can you imagine people standing around a playground trying to become something with no power, no authority, no ability, or even grace to become it?

That would be a most miserable game! Everyone would lose! Can you imagine Simon looking around going, "you're out, you're out, you're out, you're all out!" Simon could only command you to look like or immitate a thing, but his words had no power to let or allow you to become that thing! Thank God it was just a game, but what about this life we live? This is certainly no game so lets take heed of the spoken word of God!

When the Lord spoke at the very beginning of creation "Let there be Light!" There was light! He had the power, the authority, and the ability to command light into being, but what's greater is that He gave us the grace to carry His light on the inside of us.

I believe that when the Lord said Let there be Light, unless He gave the command for light to cease, light must still be going forth! He never said, Light, STOP! Instead He said, "Ye are the light of the world!" He said, Let (allow) your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven!

It was never intended for light to cease! The Lord said Let there be light! Let means to allow. Then He deposited that light in us and told us to let (allow) our light shine...light is still moving (in us), light is still shining through us, light is still illuminating and igniting others to shine therefore!

When we share our light with our children, they shine
When we share our light with our friends, they shine
When we share our light with loved ones, they shine
When we share our light with our co-workers, passers-by (believers, non-belivers, atheists or agnostics)they recognize, honor, praise and glorify our Father in Heaven!

The Bible says so...Matthew 5:14-16

Is it not amazing that an unsaved man will recognize our light and glorify God! The Bible does not say that brethren will glorify God. It does not say that Christians or religious people will glorify God. It says let (allow) your light so shine before MEN... (This is not gender-specific but all inclusive!) ...that they will glorify, not the god of this world, not satan, not his adversaries, not themselves or others who may not know Him, but that they may glorify Your Father!

Who is your Father! I didn't say, "Who's yo Daddy?" This isn't a game like Simon Says, this is God Almighty, your Father! He is real and His word is truth. He cannot lie! If He says to Let Your Light so Shine that men will glorify Him, then it has to be so! What you say, what you do, how you appear before men can make the difference between life and death, salvation and hell fire! Your light can attract or distract. What are you doing with your light?

What are you doing with that power source? Jesus gives us the power to be or become anything by His spoken word! His word gives us the ability to become light! Without the power of God man cannot become light...Without a source of power behind you, before you, beside you and in you, you have no ability to become anything, especially light!

Simon can tell us to mimick a thing, act like a thing, look like a thing, but he has no power to transfer or deposit into us to make us become that thing...What if Simon was living on the inside of you instead of Jesus...? What if he was commanding you or giving you instruction? You would be walking around quacking like a duck not giving off light!

God said, Let there be light and there was, and there is, and there forever will be light!

Some of us have a Simon Says mentality. Even though God said let there be light, we don't understand the word let to mean "allow" or we have allowed our besetting sins to illuminate a strange light from our spirits as we mimick His commands and confuse the masses. Whatever is in you is what will come forth. Stop going around acting like light when it's obvious you haven't illuminated anything in a long time. Stop talking like you have a light, but gossip is on your lips! Some of us are trying to work up some light by simply quoting scriptures while the accolades of man make us feel good about ourselves.

The truth is it's not what goes into a man that defiles him but what comes out. If light goes in it cannot manifest or produce darkness, but when you mix it with impurities, what comes out is impurities! This is what prevents "men" from seeing the light of truth and glorifying our Father. What's coming out of us is a direct result of what we're putting in not what was deposited in us. That tv show about sex crimes or that bumping and grinding from your radio is not light. What about prayerlessness? If you're not edifying your spirit man, what's coming out of you is dead and dry!

Our lack of light is not the result of a bad day or oppression from the enemy. We have that little Simon in our heads giving us temporary ability to mimick something while snuffing out the power to transcend into the realm of being!

If you have light in you, allow it or let it so shine!!!!! Cut off those small foxes! Lay aside those besetting sins that God may be glorified, souls may be saved, this nation may be healed!

Understand in Whom the power lies. The power from Him is now transferred to you. Just because you have light switches on your walls at home, doesn't mean they will give off light, you better have a connection from the power company! You can flip that switch up, down or sideways until your fingers turn blue, but it will yield nothing without a power source to back it up!

God is your power source! He has spoken into you and given you the power to become that which He said. All you must do is "allow" it to come forth! If it's in you it has to come out! He said, "Let there be light!" You don't have to try to be light or act like light, just let it flow. Let that "little Simon" or small fox take a back seat! It can only cover who you really are and provoke you to pretend to be something else. Why are you trying to be what you already are? If you're trying to be light, you will only mimick the light of truth. Tap into that power source in you and watch The Truth transform all those around you. Watch them glorify God!

As a man thinketh so is he. What do you think? Would you rather "be" a thing or mimick a thing? I'd rather "be" the light of the world, than try to mimick what light looks like. I prefer Jesus! I prefer to follow His lead and do what He says. Jesus lives in me and He shall shine through!

When I was a child I spake as a child. I also did what my "little" Simon said...and with all my might I failed to be light and looked like a fool trying. Now I've got big faith in His power which "allows" me to be any and all things through Christ Who strengthens me, not by my might, not by my power but by His spirit.

I no longer recognize that "voice of a stranger"...little Simon, the intruder. If you come near my door expect to be blinded by my light.

Truth is...and I say this with BIG ATTITUDE! Simon doesn't live "here" anymore!

GO LIGHT YOUR WORLD...!

Matthew 5:14-16 (King James Version)

14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

GO LIGHT YOUR WORLD!

There’s a light which shines so brightly
Inside me and you
So long you may have wondered
What, with it, shall I do?

You have heard the voice distinctly
Calling you to dance
But stepping forward on two feet
Was like waltzing on your hands

Now give heed to The Master
Who equipped you when He called
He knows you may be clumsy
Or even trip and fall

But there is a wick of hope
Extended beyond limit
Beckoning you to grab a hold
Of your candle and ignite it

To shine in the darkest places
Bringing hope where there’s desolation
Infusing life into dead spaces
Changing the course of this dying nation!

Spoken since the very beginning of Creation
Let there be Light
Was there to be cessation?
He never said to cease…
His spoken word lives on in thee!

Rise up!
Shine!
Create!
Replenish!

That the fire may continue to burn
Even when your work is finished

Your light upon the hill
Ignites the path for all to see
The legacy of The Father
Marked by you and me

Not hidden under a bushel
Your works shall bring Him glory
Let Matthew 5:14 thru 16
Become your vital quarry

From the chalice of flames within you
Pour that molten fire out
Like hot lava from a volcano
Cast out all fear and doubt

Loose the shackles off your mind!
Go forward! Unfurl!
I charge you, take your candle
Rise up!
Go light your world!

Hold up your light of truth!
Set the standard
Then raise it higher!
Now watch the world burn for Christ
Because you set the fire!