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ARE YOU A LIGHTHOUSE?

 


Every single person has struggles.  What God allows in a person’s life is meant to for them.  It is to get them grow closer and to LEAN on God. 

The trials another is going through may not seem to be so bad to others, but God knows those trials seem like MAJOR STORMS in the lives that are having them. 

After successfully going through their trials, life lessons I like to call them, they will be able to face other things that are allowed in their live better.   

Have you EVER TRULY LOOKED AT a LIGHTHOUSE?

What is a lighthouse?

A lighthouse is a tall structure which contains a light..it shines in the darkest of night out across the water so that vessels can see.  When the storms of the night are raging and the skies are at their darkest, ships can know that they are getting close to the shore or to dangerous rocks by seeing this shining beacon. 

Although most lighthouses were constructed high above any danger from a storm’s crashing waves, this one was not.  This particular lighthouse was barely above sea-level where it often was battered by ocean’s waves.



 

The picture above is of La Jument Lighthouse at the northwestern part of France. It was constructed in a place where there were many shipwrecks.  Between 1888 and 1904 there were 31 wrecks in the lighthouse’s area. A wealthy French man, who almost experienced death in a shipwreck, knew how important the lighthouse would be and financed its construction.

 

Because of its dangerous location and tumultuous engulfing waves, the beacon was started in 1904 but was not finished until 1911.  Its foundation was hewn in solid rock and barely stands out of the water.  There are times that the 154-foot-tall tower is lambasted by 65 to 97-foot waves.

Through all the hardships in its construction, it still stands and has saved many lives and shipwrecks. 

Many Christians have faced MANY tremendous hardships, and storms like this lighthouse, and are still standing today…

ONLY GOD

THEY WEATHERED THEIR STORMS BECAUSE GOD WAS The LIGHT that gave them hope and inspiration to go forward

Maybe you don’t understand why God allowed you to face so many difficulties..


MAYBE he chose YOU to be the


LIGHTHOUSE


and help guide others to


SAFE HARBORS.


The ones that have their foundations anchored firmly in the SOLID ROCK when adversity comes and they continue to stand after being beaten by the snares that this world considers horrible experiences…


They are the “LIGHTHOUSES” that shine through the shadows of affliction.  They give hope and inspiration to others who are about to weather storms of their own. 


If the waves of life are pounding on you…you can either shake your fist at God OR


You can draw him closer and put your arms around him and draw him closer to you…


The choice is yours.  How does the lost world see you when you are in trials? 

 

 Psalm 18:2 says:

“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”  

 


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