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Unapproachable Light

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Memorizing 1 Timothy 6 has been a rich experience. There are such great truths to think about. Verse 15 described the Lord as, “…the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of Lord.” 

Verse 16 further described Him, “who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.”

As I was working on verse 16 my mind went into a kaleidoscope of verses. Think about the new Jerusalem. Revelation 21:23 says, “The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.”

1 Corinthians 15:54 says, “So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality…” When we are with the Lord eternally, we will be immortal and can dwell in His unapproachable light. Now, we cannot even look full on at the sun.

Faith: Key To Endurance

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The Greek word for endurance is hupomone. Strong’s definition: constancy, perseverance, continuance, bearing up, steadfastness, holding out. Note in my Bible. It describes the capacity to continue to bear up under difficult circumstances, not with a passive complacency, but with a hopeful fortitude that actively resists weariness and defeat.

Faith in God is the key to endurance. Endurance clings to the Lord in barnacle faith ~ allowing nothing to shake or uproot it. I love Psalm 63:8 in the Amplified. It says, “My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me.”

Thanksgiving is the fertilizer to our faith rooted in love. Ephesians 3:17 says, “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love.” 

Meditating in God’s word sends our roots deep into the river of God. Psalm 1:3 says it, “…brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”