Light

I wonder how many destinies aren't fulfilled from carrying a burden of failure, and conceding to a spirit of fear that holds trust and faith at a distance? Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of being different, fear of loss...from Adam hiding from God in the garden, to Peter running after the cock crows, there are Biblical examples of fear displacing trust and faith - but we are told to 'fear not' and to believe that God is in control - whether living our dying, our destiny of being light in the midst of darkness will happen. Jesus doesn't tell his followers to become light, but that they are the light. He knew their stories, and He knows ours as well - our failures, fears, and pride that rise up in accusation, yet God must see us differently than we view ourselves because He sees light in us.
I want to have the strength of mind to resist fear, and to live honestly in the midst of deception, and joyfully in the midst of anxiety. This is the calling. Live the light in the midst of darkness.