Power of Light

I craved temporary death the last five miles of the Boston Marathon, seeking relief from the knife-piercing pain of dehydration.

Do you crave complete relief from the exhaustion of responsibilities pushing you to the edge of emotional, physical, and spiritual collapse?

Do you believe Christ desires great achievements in your life, yet you remain unsure how to complete them?

Where does the energy to achieve Christ’s plans for your life originate?

First, let us examine the components of energy. Albert Einstein discovered the Theory of Relativity in the early Twentieth Century,
E =mc2 (E = Energy, m = mass, and c = speed of light).
This equation revealed all matter has the same energy per ounce.

For example, a ounce of straw has the same energy as a ounce of uranium. Mass equals matter, operating as wavelengths. Other forms of wavelengths include light, sound, and thoughts. Yes, the speed of light influences the quantity of your energy.

I studied this formula a multitude of times since junior high science. Recently, a new pondering came to light while reviewing the Theory of Relativity. Is all light equal? I previously believed all light molecules are equal in speed—670,616,629 MPH—thus equal in energy.

Conversely, molecules from created light pale in power to the Creator’s light, the Light of Christ, (C) (John 1:3-5,9). Christ contains the purest, brightest, and fastest light. E=mC>E=mc2

Energy = mass*Christ (Light of the World) > Energy=mass*speed of light2

Instead of receiving temporary death at Boston, my soul cried out those final five miles.
Lord, I need you!
I can’t, You can, we are.
It is not me, but Christ who is in me.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).

Christ provided sufficient energy for my race completion. Despite nearly walking the last four miles, I placed forty-ninth overall in a dissappointing time of 2:27. I then recovered for over two hours in the post-race medical tent where I received two-liters of IV’s for re-hydration.

A newspaper reporter who interviewed me upon entering the tent uttered surprised as I departed, "Your're still alive?"

When seeking your source of energy to achieve Christ’s will for your life, submit your physical, emotional, and spiritual mass, your heart, soul, and mind to the Light of Christ who provides miraculous energy.

This submission invites Christ’s exponential increase of your existence, just as He also increased the mass—the filling power—of the fish and bread when feeding the crowds of five-thousand men, plus the women and children (Matthew 14:13-21). E=mC provides sufficient energy for the completion of your race, along with hydration from the water with which you will never thirst again (John 4:14).

See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with the Light of Christ!

Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/

(Originally posted July 2011--recently submitted for Christian Jouranlism devotional at Dallas Theological Seminary)