Living to reflect Jesus’ light and life doesn’t mean we live without troubles. When we lean into Jesus during life-troubles, we seem to reflect the brightest glow of His peace, power, and love. The power of the Holy Spirit is stronger than anything we could ever do on our own.
Beautiful light breaks the darkness of night with each morning’s dawn of the sun. We may reflect the beauty of Christ’s light when we rise from the darkest of circumstances to live in His light and life.
How do we Reflect the Power of the Holy Spirit to Transform darkness to light?
In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. (John 1:3-5, AMP)
Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’ (John 8:12, ESV)
Three ways for Living Radiantly are as follows:
- Receiving Jesus’ View of the Father gifts me with Identity in Christ.
- Resting in Jesus and Relaxing in body refresh me as a Christian Woman.
- Reflecting the Holy Spirit’s Power Transforms darkness to light for Beautiful Surroundings.
Reflecting Light for Dark Spaces
Tesla’s technology of power and energy revolutionized the world from darkness to light and created beautiful surroundings in streets, homes, and buildings around the world.
Nikola Tesla’s genius inspiration of power and energy in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, along with Edison and Westinghouse, revolutionized the world. Together, these men invented ways to conduct electricity, which benefit us today.
Yet, it was Tesla who laid the foundation for modern inventions. He set out to power homes by natural resources. His technology brought light to the world. All of Tesla’s inventions came with a flash of light accompanied with a heavy migraine. He saw the device in his mind’s eye in the flash of light with such detail, he created schematics of the device from memory. He noted, “These tools are God-given.”
Lighting Spaces in Streets and Homes
Tesla’s technology brought light to darkness of streets, homes, and buildings around the world. While Tesla discovered how energy was converted to electricity, Edison Electric Illuminating Company brought the power to each structure prepared, ready, and waiting to receive it.
Coming from a design background and owning a decorating business for thirty plus years, I used lighting to help design spaces. Light adds radiance and beauty to all surroundings and spaces.
The most effective lighting for a space is created with triangular lighting, resulting in beautiful surroundings. An example of triangular lighting is seen in the image below. Lighting is flanked on each end of the desk. The lighting from across the room completes the triangular lighting to illuminate the beautiful surroundings.
Lighting Spaces in Hearts
The power of the Holy Spirit comes within me for me. Holy Spirit clothes me with power and comes upon me for you.
God’s EN’ ERGY and power called the universe into existence. Energy is to capacity. When God created the heavens and the earth, all the power to run the universe and keep its order lie within it. So, all the energy and power we will ever need resides within the universe. We can’t create or destroy energy. Power or EN’ERGY can only be transferred or converted.
He [Jesus] is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. (Hebrews 1:3 ESV)
All the EN’ERGY we will ever need to live as a Christian is planted (gifted) at conversion. Residing within every person is a God-sized space only He can fill with His Life, Light, EN’ERGY, power, and redemption. From the time the seed of Christ is planted within people at conversion, a transference of Jesus’ life and power help new Believers’ live as Christians. We start reflecting His life and light.
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. (1 Peter 1:23, ESV)
To open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins. (Acts 26:18)
I (Jesus) have come as a light to shine in this dark world so that all who trust in me will no longer wander in darkness. (John 12:46 TPT)
Be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, . . . that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than we ask or think, according to the power at work within us. (Ephesians 3:17-20)
Are you ready to be strengthened with His power to illuminate your beautiful surroundings?
The Power of the Holy Spirit: Reflecting Christ’s Light Through the Church
Just as Tesla’s technology of converting power and energy revolutionized the world, the Holy Spirit’s power and energy revolutionized the Church.
Tesla said, “This gift of mental power comes from God. If we concentrate our minds on the truth, we will come in tune with this great power.”
When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take what is mine and declare it to you. (John 16:13-14, ESV)
“They called me crazy in 1896 when I announced the discovery of cosmic rays. Repeatedly, they jeered when I discovered something new. Then years later they saw, I was right.” Tesla also realized he had a choice to do, think, and feel, and had the power to govern His mind to determine his days.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has given us the power to live the Christ life and renew our minds to follow Him, the Spirit of Truth. They thought Jesus was crazy and called Him a mad man. Have you ever been called crazy for believing and walking in a relationship with the Lord? Or, for following the Truth? Or, believing in His Spirit’s power?
His Power in Me
Our spirits shine “Radiant,” with His Light and Life. We will shine with His love and life the most and the loudest when we trust Him daily. Whatever we are showing on our faces is what we radiate from within.
John 2:11 sites Jesus’ works as the beginning of signs, which Jesus did to manifest His glory. And, His disciples believed Him. The signs Jesus accomplished continue to identify His deity and the works of God through Him.
The words, works and signs derive from the Greek word, EN’ERGY, en – in/within/ ergon–work (urge within). Energy (urge within) can be transferred or converted, but not created or destroyed. Connection with Jesus converts EN’ERGY to life and power. Jesus’ power resides within to live and do His Works.
The Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him works greater than these, that you may marvel…that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father…The works, which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father sent Me. (– John 5:19-23, 36)
I leaned into Jesus and His Spirit converted the darkness of generational curses in my family to beautiful surrounding of His peace and freedom.
His Power for You
The Holy Spirit gives power to share the gospel. When we come to Jesus and “Receive His View” of our Father, “Rest for our souls” follow. Then, we are ready to minister to others.
These works are called greater>than works. We may emulate Jesus’ works to reveal His glory so others may see and believe God.
Proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter 2:9, ESV)
The Holy Spirit will work (EN’ERGIZE) in you and your family to eradicate generational family curses. You can have those beautiful surrounding of His peace and freedom? Lean into the Lord to ask Him to break any darkness of generational curses in your family to watch how He converts the darkness to life and power within and around you. His grace and mercy are new every day. These are works of the Father, who loves you and me. He wants the best for each of us.
Whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do. (John 14:12-14, ESV)
There are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. (John 21:25, ESV)
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5, ESV)
Reflecting Holy Spirit’s Power Transforms darkness to light for Beautiful Lives.
By the Power of His Word
There is still a full and complete rest waiting for believers to experience. As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them.
So then we must give our all and be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief. For we have the living Word of God, which is full of energy, like a two-mouthed sword. It will even penetrate to the very core of our being where soul and spirit, bone and marrow meet! It interprets and reveals the true thoughts and secret motives of our hearts. (Hebrews 4:9-12 TPT)
His Word In Me
His teachings radiate his light to create beautiful spaces within us. “They challenge us to keep close to his heart! The revelation-light of his word makes my spirit shine radiant.” (–Psalm 19:8, TPT)
His Word is within me for me to live new, walk daily, and grow deeper for creating beautiful surroundings with His radiance.
He (EN’ERGIZED) me out of depression in my early twenties by the power of His Word.
His Word in us creates beautiful surroundings of His power and grace.
His Word for You
Tesla lived from 1856-1953 and claimed, “Energy is in abundance everywhere on the planet.” He considered energy the same as the air we breathe. As a child, Tesla envisioned, by his fascination from reading about Niagara Falls, a big wheel powered by the falls. Thirty years later, his vision became reality and benefits us today.
You may visit https://market.carolynmarlowe.com which links you to the FREE SURGE Devotional-Bible Study. His Word makes your spirit shine radiantly. His living Word is full of energy providing full and complete lives. The Power of His work in me makes me complete. His Word is within me for me to live new, walk daily, and grow deeper in Jesus.
- Jesus will (EN’ERGIZE) you out of darkness life-storms by the power of His Word.
- Jesus (EN’ERGIZED) my aunt, who collapsed. The EMT found no pulse. We prayed and she returned to us with a regular pulse.
- Jesus will (EN’ERGIZE) others around you as you call on Him and pray.
Reflecting the Holy Spirit’s Power Transforms darkness to light for a Beautiful You.
We have reviewed three of the most significant ways for Living Radiantly. Pray with me:
“Lord, help me enjoy Your Radiance of Light. Energize me with the light of divine glory” in the following ways:
- Receiving Jesus’ View of the Father gifts me with Identity in Christ.
- Resting in Jesus and Relaxing in body refresh me as a Christian Woman.
Reflecting the Holy Spirit’s Power Transforms darkness to light for Beautiful Surroundings.