Deuteronomy 4:39
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
John 5:24-25
Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
Matthew 25:1
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
God’s Grace Is His Love
People will sometimes feel they have not received God’s grace. However, God’s grace is His love for us.,. Therefore, when you are in a close relationship with God in which you serve, like, and love Him, you will feel and receive His love and grace deeply. A life of grace is to love God, listen to His Word, and live according to His Will.
Because God loved the world, He sent His beloved Jesus to the world to fulfill His Will. God considers not listening to His Word as disobedience, but He also considers not listening to the Word He gives through the one He sent as not listening to Him, and He treats people according to their deeds. Regardless of the time period, God treats everyone with love and grace and carries out His Will through the person He loves. Loving the people God loves and treating them well is loving God and treating Him well.
God is someone who grants what His beloved wants as much as possible because of love. However, there is a right time and season for everything, so you must patiently wait.
You Carry Out God’s Will Better When There Are Tribulations
People say that tribulations, persecution, and hardships are the reason they cannot believe in God or carry out His Will properly. However, in reality, your relationship with God grows stronger when you seek God, believe in Him, and carry out His Will because of those difficulties. You come to believe in God better and carry out His Will more because of tribulations and difficulties.
If people are too comfortable, their hearts become lax, so they end up being unable to do even the things that they are capable of doing. Even if there are tribulations, persecution, and hardships, if it was something God has done because of His Will, it is something to be joyful about. Even if the heart is happy, and even if the soul and spirit are joyful, if this joy is apart from God, it cannot be true joy. In fact, it is something to fear. True fulfillment of a dream is fulfilling the Will that God desires rather than what you desire as a human being.
Rise and Shine Your Light
Just as there is nothing that doesn’t need light, there is no one who doesn’t need God, the light of life. Just as the sun shines through the clouds even when they are obstructing , a powerful light will illuminate the skies no matter how much darkness exists. Light is valuable only if it shines. Neither Satan nor wicked people can harm you when you shine your light. Even the piths of evil will be uprooted when you shine your light. So, shine the light of prayer, wisdom, thanksgiving, praise, arts, love, the Word, and evangelism. In addition, shine the light of your individuality.
You shine more when you are closer to God. You also shine the light of Christ when you are close to Jesus Christ. You cannot do anything without light. In the same way, you cannot live your life properly without the Trinity and Jesus. You must be in a close relationship with Them. The further you get from the light, the darker it becomes. In the same way, the further you are from God, the darker your life will be. You must receive and radiate the light of God and Jesus. “Shine the light” means “shine the light of God.” Human beings can only be radiant when they shine the light of God.
“Shine your light” also means “live a life in which your words and actions shine.” God must come upon you before you can emit light. If you have received God’s light, displaying the glory of God is shining your light. You need to take action immediately with the Trinity and Jesus when God speaks to you or when the Holy Spirit inspires you in various ways; then you can rise and shine your light more brilliantly.