Daily writing prompt

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

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My most significant life events over the passage of time have been moments of surprise insight. Frequently words come to me unexpectedly and suddenly I see things differently.

Because I was a church attendee, I thought I was a Christian. Then one day these words came to my mind: “If you were born a Hindu, what would you be today?” In an instant my perspective on life changed and I knew I was a Christian in name only, but not in reality.

A couple of years later I heard heart-felt words from two strangers about how the risen Jesus had revealed Himself to them, set them free, and filled them with peace and joy. As they were speaking, the same thing happened inside of me, and I’ve been rejoicing with and celebrating the living Jesus ever since.

Once when I was reading the book of Acts in the Bible, I was amazed how many times it said that God spoke to people. I said to God: “You spoke to people in the Bible, why aren’t you speaking to people today?” Immediately these words came to me: “The problem isn’t that I’m not speaking. It’s that you’re not listening.” So, I began to regularly notice the thoughts that come to my mind, and I discovered that many of them are from God and when I humbly receive and accept them, they powerfully change my perspective on life.

In the early hours of this very morning as I lay on my bed, I searched my heart and was silent. Then words began to come to me about the Light of God and once again they aligned with the next morning’s Wake-Up Call blog post. I love to let God shine the Light of His face in my heart.

“Until Christ-followers begin to daily delight in God’s Light we’ll stay stuck in routine religion. Overcomers overcome through ongoing revelation of ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ Behold Jesus and overcome!”

“The Light to look unto Jesus doesn’t come from religious lectures or ceremonies. It’s a gift of supernatural insight from God. Jesus is building His body on the solid rock of direct divine revelation not on the shifting sand of religiosity.”

“Jesus isn’t about building religious-lecture buildings. He’s about building people’s hearts together as the family of God. Jesus builds people’s hearts together when they open their eyes to see Him spiritually. When you see the risen Christ who I see, we become spiritual family.”