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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Friday, September
8, 2023
The
Tibbett's
Point
Lighthouse on
Lake Ontario
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"Keep
The Lower Lights Burning"
Message
summary:
Today the
Almighty God
of the
universe has
called us to
let our light
shine. Let’s
do our part to
see that the
“lower lights”
burn brightly.
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to our message
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“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). Brightly
beams our
Father’s
mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore, But to us He gives the keeping Of the lights along the shore. Today we want to share one more nautically themed message prompted by our trip over Labor Day weekend to the Thousand Islands region along the Saint Lawrence River. ![]() Today
let’s take a
look at an old
hymn that
makes the
analogy of
divine mercy
as “bright
beams” from
our Father’s
lighthouse
which shines
evermore.
The most famous nautical navigation light is of course the lighthouse but there are other nautical navigation lights. Today we want to consider the lower lights. ![]() One day, while traveling with Dwight L. Moody as the musician for an evangelistic campaign, Bliss was impressed by an illustration used by Mr. Moody for a message. Moody often told this moving true story of a violent storm on Lake Erie:
On a dark,
stormy
evening, when
the waves
rolled like
mountains and
not a star was
to be seen, a
boat, rocking
and plunging,
neared the
Cleveland
harbor.
“Are you sure this is Cleveland?” asked the Captain, seeing only light from the lighthouse. “Quite sure,” replied the pilot. “Where are the lower lights?” “Gone out, sir!” “Can you make the harbor?” “We must, or perish, sir.” With a strong hand and a brave heart, the old pilot turned the wheel, but alas, in the darkness he missed the channel, and, with a crash upon the rock, the boat was slivered and many a life lost in a watery grave. “Brethren,” concluded Mr. Moody, “the Master will take care of the great lighthouse. Let us keep the lower lights burning.” Based
on this story
Bliss wrote
the hymn, "Let
The Lower
Lights be
Burning".
Nautically
speaking, the
“lower lights”
are lights
apart from the
lighthouse
that illumine
the water
line. They’re
surface
navigational
aids as well
as the various
lights from
windows,
street lamps,
and businesses
that enable
vessels to
come into the
harbor at
night, through
a narrow
channel of the
harbor’s
mouth.
Spiritually speaking the “lower lights” are lights from individual followers of Christ who allow the light of Christ to shine in their lives by their attitudes, words and deeds. When we, as believers, allow the life-changing message of Christ to wane in our lives or behave in a manner that does not glorify Him our flame flickers. If it goes completely unchecked our light can burn out. As God’s children, we don’t want to bring disgrace or further the darkness but rather honor the One "who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light". Today the Almighty God of the universe has called us to let our light shine. Let’s do our part to see that the “lower lights” burn brightly providing a lighted path for “some poor, struggling, fainting seaman, [that] we may rescue, we may save”! Let
the lower
lights be
burning!
Send a gleam across the wave! Some poor struggling, fainting seaman You may rescue, you may save. Be
encouraged
today,
(Hebrews
3:13)
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
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Resources
"Let
the Lower
Lights Be
Burning"
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![]() On
our boat tour
we passed the
Rock Island
Lighthouse
along the
Saint Lawrence
River
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to enlarge
![]() On
the way back
we got off the
interstate for
awhile south
of Syracuse to
visit a nature
preserve and
then ride the
back roads. We
passed this
barn with a
message. Do
you recognize
the hymn?
![]() Burrville
Falls near
Watertown, New
York. Ester
took this
photo before
we headed to
Hannah and
Antonio's
wedding
reception.
Click on photo to enlarge Finally
today:
![]() Yesterday
we visited
several
companies in
Lebanon County
and joined
some friends
for breakfast
at the
Railroad Diner
in Richland,
PA. Afterwards
we stopped at
Hornings
Market in
Myerstown, a
discount
grocery store.
They had a
good price on
coffee but, to
their credit,
practiced
truth in
advertising!
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