Going up the steps to the coffee shop in Paihia I really like not long ago, I noticed that ALL the customers were sitting on the balcony eating and drinking, not only enjoying the food, but also the view over the Bay of Islands.

“Physically they are as close to the light as they could be under the circumstances,” I was thinking to myself.

But there is not only the PHYSICAL part of man.

There is also the SPIRITUAL part of man.

Viewing the Bay of islands from the coffee shop

And I am asking myself always when I meet people, “How close are they spiritually to the light, the Lord Jesus Christ?”

People who want to be close to the Lord Jesus Christ must draw near to Him:

1. In breaking of the bread.

2. In the hearing of the word.

3. In searching of the Scriptures.

4. In Prayer and Praise.

In John 8:12 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “I am the light of the world.”

In the coffee shop in Paihia, which I really like is a board hanging on the wall and on the board is written, “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” In a WAR CRY I am reading that that is a quote by G. B. Shaw