THE WORK OF JESUS AND THE BURDEN OF LIGHT

THE WORK OF JESUS

            T.G. Whitaker

The Works of our Lord that He did in the earth speak to His followers as examples of His will and love for all of man and show believers the works they shall do working in the high and holy faith of God.  Prayer, repentance, obedience, healing, raising the dead, teaching, forgiving, miracles, calling the lost, speaking to nature are just a few of what is brought out by the gospels.  These things were done out of love for humanity and carried out in the natural realm for all to behold. 

I believe they are pictures of His works within us as well in this and all time. 

Does He not call us, lead us into repentance and prayer, heal us, and after we have died to the pernicious sensitive life, He raises us from our dead state, that we may learn obedience, He teaches us His word and performs miracles of Life within us!  His outward demonstrations are a picture of His salvation and redemption of our soul! Throughout the Bible, over and over are pictures of His unfailing unfading Love and restoration for all men. 

The people that have called upon the Name of Jesus and have received salvation and redemption from the evil of this world are called to be Holy unto the Lord, building up His Church.  Each one, no matter how insignificant they see themselves, is to be separate from the evil practices and mindsets of the former life, the traditions of men and false religion, and is to be as light in a dark world. They possess the Light of the Most-High God at first in small degree and then as God leads and strengthens them, they are to lead others to that Light of all men.  The intermingling, spiritually speaking, casts a shadow and veil over that Light diming the brightness and contrast to that around them, as well as bringing in deceptions, tainting the Truth and diminishing the power of God within them.

The children of Israel are a picture of the Church of the Most-High God. 

The Lord said, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is LIGHT” and I can tell you the words My burden is LIGHT jumped out at me.  I saw that we are to be LIGHT bearers, as it says elsewhere.  The burden we carry is to be His light to and in this world. Torch bearers Truth bearers!  Wow!  Light dispels darkness!  Darkness flees away!! When you are in darkness or lesser light, it is hard to make things out when the light is shining in your eyes, but when you are in equal light, you can see hidden or obscured things. Lost things are found. Minute details are visible, according to the degree of light.

So, I visited the concordance for more on this and here are some points that are so revealing!

Gen 1:4 Light is separated from darkness.

Prov 15:30 Communicated thru the eye.  See also Matt 6:22-23

John 3:20-21 For everyone that does evil hates the light…But he that does truth comes to the light

John 1:4 In Him was life and the life was the light of men.

Prov 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

Daniel 2:20-22 Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are His: and He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; He gives wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding; He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness and the light dwells with Him, (and since we are in Him, the Light dwells within us).

Matt. 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

2 Cor 6: “For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

When we bring our burden of His Light to the world all around us, then we are filled more and more.