Luke 11:33-36

Let our faith so shine before men that they glorify God who transformed it. May  our life be a  reflection of  His command to love Him above all and our neighbor as yourself.

My little sister embarked today on a mission trip to Cuba. Prayers  for her and the safety of her team giving them a sound mind as they navigate their mission.

After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites built an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on Mount Ebal, in the region known as Shechem (Deuteronomy 27:4-7;  Joshua 8:30-31). Eventually, however, Shiloh became the center of the Israelites' worship (Joshua 18:1), which continued throughout the period of judges.

Later, King David brought the tabernacle to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:17), and then David's son Solomon built the temple, the first permanent place where God's people would worship Him (1 Kings 9:3).

Today, the place the Lord has chosen as a dwelling for His name (Deuteronomy 12:11) is the person of Jesus Christ, who came as Immanuel, God with us (Matthew 1:23); dwelt among us (John 1:14); and purchased our redemption through His shed blood (John 14:6;  John 2:19-21). Now, Jesus lives in His people by the power of His Spirit…until His return. First5 

Scotoma (selective blindness) means that we see want we want to see. It is a form of selective blindness. And it is no respecter of persons. …So. How do my blinders come off?

It has something to do with letting go.
When you let go, you can be grateful for what you receive.
When you're grateful, you don't have to have every question settled.
It's enough just to celebrate, whatever it is that made you grateful.

The corollary is Jesus' comment, "Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."

Like children indeed... yes and amen... SabbathMoments 

Luke 11:33-36

33 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.” The New King James Version

It has been said that “you are what you eat.” But even more accurately, you are what you see. This is why David said, “I will set nothing wicked before my eyes” (Psalm 101:3). A person who concentrates on what is good (God’s teaching) is healthy. But a person who focuses on what is bad (the false teaching of the world) is full of darkness.

A person can become like light, a living picture of what God’s Word teaches, by concentrating on the light of the truth. The NKJV Study Bible

But though Christ himself were the constant preacher in any congregation, and worked miracles daily among them, yet unless his grace humbled their hearts, they would not profit by his word.

Let us not desire more evidence and fuller teaching than the Lord is pleased to afford us. We should pray without ceasing that our hearts and understandings may be opened, that we may profit by the light we enjoy. And especially take heed that the light which is in us be not darkness; for if our leading principles be wrong, our judgment and practice must become more so. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Matthew 5:15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

Mark 4:21 Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?

Luke 8:16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.