Burning Lamp

Sunday 29 January
READ: Acts.13:47-49
MORE LESSON: Job.11:17

Jesus testifying about John the Baptist said, He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light: John 5:35. Every one who is a believer is supposed to bear this same testimony and much more because Jesus the Light of men now lives in us. When we give our life to Jesus and we get filled with the Holy Spirit, we are ignited to burn and shine. The candle (lamp) of our life which is our spirit is lit by the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things. We become like lamps that have been trimmed and filled with new oil. Men should be willing to rejoice in our light, not only for a season, but till Jesus comes for the rapture of the Church. What must we do to attain this height of testimony?
If we must burn as true lamps, we must recognise and comply with the following:
1. The Lord Himself as our Lamp, For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness: 2 Sam. 22:29.
2. The Word of God as our Lamp, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path: Psa. 119:105.
3. God's commandments as our lamp, For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Prov. 6:23.
4. Supply the oil needed for the lamp everyday, which is prayer, And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always: Exo. 27:20.
Having been lit by God, you must continue to burn until the bridegroom comes. The five virgins whose lamps went down for lack of oil just before the arrival of the bridegroom missed the opportunity to enter the banquet hall when they went searching for oil at the wrong hour. You must sustain your own lamp, for you know not the hour the Bridegroom may come.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, let me burn and never be put out by the power of satan, in Jesus’ name.
* I will affect my generation for the Lord, come what may, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
As we give thanks today for 2017, I prophesy that my candle light will be unquenchable in 2017, in the mighty name of Jesus.