Exposed!

Springtime is just around the corner and I am looking forward to planting flowers in the garden beds in the front of my house. I don't actually "love" digging around in the dirt but I do love the results!

There are times when I need to move a big rock or some ornamental structure to clean or change things up a bit. Have you ever noticed when you move something like that and expose whatever is underneath to the light, all those creatures of the dark scramble to get back to the darkness? Well, sin is like that.

John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Sin hates the light but loves the darkness. Evil grows and thrives in the cover of darkness. There in the darkness sin finds its companions very easily...lies, sexual immorality, plots, schemes, stealing, cheating, partying, sinful thoughts...you name it...it loves the dark. But take a light and shine on it and it tries to hide...as fast as possible.

John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

That "Light" is Jesus and He came to shine His light into the darkness and expose those evil deeds. The evil tries to hide itself but that is impossible. Even when the darkness is just in the heart...thoughts of covetousness, lust, envy, unforgiveness, anger, hate...the light of Christ shines into the heart and exposes it as well.

1 Corinthians 4:5 ...He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motive of men's hearts...

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Not only does the Light expose what is hidden in the dark, but the Light will also be our guide to show us the way and to keep us from falling back into the darkness. There is great comfort in this Light because it will always be with us and never leave us.

In this truth, we as believers in Jesus Christ can rejoice! Jesus is "the Light of the world."

MaryAnn

MaryAnn and John Kiernan have been married for 36 years, have 2 grown/married sons and are the proud grandparents of 3 grandsons. She serves at America's Keswick as a Biblical Counselor and also as Intake Coordinator for the Colony of Mercy. Her life verse is Romans 8:28.

DIGGING DEEPER
Psalm 51:
5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

UPCOMING EVENT
May is fast approaching and we will be hosting our 2nd annual Family Freedom Walk on Saturday, May 8th. You can help in two ways. 1. walk - call guest services to obtain a walk package, solicit sponsors and come to the walk. 2. (this is a fun one) Sponsor Victory Call for the walk. We are having a friendly competition between the 2 groups of devotional readers (Freedom Fighters and Victory Call). Our goal is to raise more funds for the Victory Call team than the men raise for the Freedom Fighter's team. If you would like to join the fun, simply go to this link on our website https://01.secure.elexio.com/donations.aspx?id=366346&websiteurl=http://www.americaskeswick.org&siteid=2184 fill out the information and indicate in the "DESIGNATION" area : Family Freedom Walk: Victory Call or if you prefer make your check out to America's KESWICK and put in the memo line: FFW/Victory Call and mail to : America's KESWICK 601 Route 530 Whiting, NJ 08759. ALL DONATIONS MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH in order to be counted for our TEAM. Come on ladies, we can do it!!!