Are you the light of the world? Are you emptied of self so that you can shine? Are we bringing the Kingdom of Jesus as we are called to do? Can our prayer groups and camps shine brighter, as well as our individual lives? For the expansion of The Prayer Movement Farthest Out, here’s some encouragement from Glenn Clark:
YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
The tremendous truth at the core of all the teachings of Jesus was
that He and the Father were one, and that He and the disciples
were one. That last night He tried to make that truth clear in two
parables: first, that the Father was the vine and we are His
branches; the other, that the Father’s kingdom was a great house of
marvelous beauty in which Jesus had prepared for all of us rooms
or mansions. But the climax of that night came when He suddenly
ceased speaking in words and began speaking in symbols and
actions. Let us tune in again to the great radio of the gospel. This
time it is the voice of Matthew speaking:
And as they are eating, Jesus takes bread, and blesses it,
and breaks it, and gives it to the disciples, and says, Take,
eat; this is my body. And He takes the cup, and gives
thanks, and gives it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For
this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.
Here Jesus was turning on the light!
Here He was connecting His disciples with the Great Central Power
Station. When He said, “take, eat . . . this is my body and my blood,”
he was saying, “Assimilate me unto yourselves.”
Jesus does not here tell His disciples to take His words into their
minds and ponder on them. He tells them to take His very body
and blood and live His life for Him. In a little while He was taking
His body out of this world, and they would presently be the only
bodies on this earth that He possessed. Henceforth they must be
His visible body, must think His thoughts, perform His deeds and
live His life. Henceforth they must take the light of His life into
their souls and let it shine forth unto all the world, not by the mere
words they speak, but by the lives they live, even unto the end of the age.
This is from Islands of Light, written by Glenn in 1936. It has been published again by our CFOI Archives Team, and it is available to you. Here you can read the entire document, and here you can go to download beautiful color booklets to print Islands of Light in four parts. The booklets are wonderful to share! When you follow the link to the Literature page, you should scroll down to “Transforming the World.” Then let’s do it.
There is light increasing in our world now. I saw it at the World Prayer Broadcast at my own home camp a couple of weeks ago, and I have heard of it from other camps this year. Prayer is being answered, and we need to pray more boldly, and bring light to the world. Please be encouraged by reading or re-reading Islands of Light, and share your experiences here!