THE UPPER ROOM 23 MARCH 2024 DEVOTIONAL, SATURDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room 23 March 2024 Devotional Message wriiten by Keith Honeyman (Western Cape, South Africa)
TOPIC: Our Source of Power
TODAY’S READING
Psalm 139:1-12
The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. – Matthew 4:16 (NIV)
It is six o’clock on a cold winter morning, and I am in darkness. The power will be off for more than two hours, as our national power grid is no longer sufficient to supply the needs of our population. To eke out and share the available power, we have rotational power outages known as “rolling blackouts” or “load-shedding.”
But the world outside is not completely dark. In the street, the bright lights of cars move boldly through the darkness. These vehicles carry within themselves a power source that constantly regenerates.
I liken these vehicles to faithful Christians, who relentlessly move forward in an often dark world. When the power of the world is no longer sufficient to sustain us, we have a continuous and never-failing power source available to us — the light of Christ. We carry Christ’s love within ourselves and regenerate it through studying scripture, worshiping, and loving others even as we move forward in the darkness.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Source of Light, we praise you and thank you for all the beacons that you place along our path to direct us and lead us to your never-failing light and love. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Because of my faith, I always have light in the darkness.
PRAYER FOCUS
To share God’s light with the world
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