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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
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by Mary Coppage any years ago, I heard a story about a railroad
come. It shows and admonishes us to do what the Word
worker who was supposed to signal trains
says, not just hear or read it.
at night or in times of bad visibility with a
God’s light, grace, power, and love through Jesus Christ
lantern warning them of any danger. One particular night,
is what will bring lasting change on this earth. It alone can
there was a train wreck because an oncoming train was
cleanse men and change their stony hearts to flesh. Hearts
not warned of a stalled train on the tracks ahead. The
that will love and fear God, that will love and respect their
railroad officials investigated but couldn’t ascertain exactly
fellow men and women fervently and without fear, will
why it happened. During the questioning, the railroad worker on duty confirmed that he was on the job. He said that he had indeed been swinging his lantern. He later confessed to a co-worker that yes, he had been swinging the lantern, but the light had gone out. Our nation, our world, seems to be getting darker, but the sons and daughters of God, His people, have within us the light of the world. Jesus told the believers present at the Sermon on the Mount, you are the light of the world…a lit lamp is not put under a basket but on a lampstand so it can give light to the whole house. Let your light shine so
do the good works that transformed people are called to.
brightly, He said, that men will see your good works, and
In earth’s troubles and pestilences, they will humbly pray,
when they do, they will glorify your Father in Heaven.
seek God, and repent of any evil way. Their light will shine
In Jesus is life, and His life is our light. In His name and
in a dark and desperate world. They will face problems
His name alone is salvation. If any man be in Christ, He is a
with the knowledge of God’s will and Word and refuse
new creation; old things are passed away, and all things are
to play by the adversary’s rules. Will all men come? No,
become new. We are bought by the precious shed blood of
probably not, but God’s lovingkindness drew you and me
Christ, and upon believing and receiving Him, He becomes
to him, and it will draw others. Gird up the loins of your
Savior, Redeemer, and Lord of our lives.
minds, my brothers and sisters. Someone’s trying to get
The Word of God is light. It is the lamp unto our feet:
home. Trim your lights and keep them burning.
a light unto our path. It shows us how to navigate clearly is, His love, character, and will; it teaches us who we are in Him and gives us hope and reassurance for the times to
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About The Author
through this present world. It illuminates in us who God Mary Coppage is a native of Dalton, Georgia, where she still resides. She is a licensed minister and a member of True Gospel Pentecostal Church.
