Some look like light, but the light in them is darkness.
“Test all things; hold fast what is good.”
1 Thessalonians 5:21 NKJV
Dark ‘Light’
Contrast
Salem
“Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!”
2 Thessalonians 3:16 NASB
Windows
Some lights are on and some are in the dark.
“The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.”
Psalm 14:2 NIV
Bird Feeder
They never sow, but whether above or below, they have food wherever they go.
“Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Acts 14:17 NKJV
Windblown
Only the spiritually dead go wherever the wind blows.
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.”
Ephesians 4:14 NIV
Justice
All wrongs, seen and unseen will be made right at the appointed time.
“And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Luke 18:7-8 NIV
Rain
“Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.”
Isaiah 45:8 BSB
Mere Appearances
That towering heron? It’s a poseur.
“Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.”
1 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
… His will stands regardless of one’s acknowledgment.
““All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Daniel 4:35 NASB
Train Tracks
“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.”
Psalm 25:10 NKJV