Where the Light Leads

By Brian Ngusale

"In him was life, and that life was the life of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (John1:4-5)

What does it mean to be a Christian? Living the life God intended for you is the greatest honor any soul can encounter under the sun. A life based on sincerity and truth, the elements of true worship. You will never manifest what you can't identify with. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave the gift of salvation to everyone who believes in him so that none will perish but have eternal life.

Many non-believers in the world will be moved by Christ's splendor in another person's life more than mere words verbally spoken. As Oliver Goldsmith once said "You can preach a better sermon with your life than your lips."

Brian Ngusale shares personal reflections from the life of his grandfather, a born again Christian believer. He also reflects important and relevant principles. Through the pages of this book you will travel on a journey of salvation, faith, humility, prayer, the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and righteousness. This are important requirements that God wants his children to understand. When Jesus Christ is the Lord of our lives, he goes on ahead of us...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brian Ngusale
• Release date: Jan 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9789966111524

Brian Ngusale

Brian K Ngusale is a Kenyan born Born-again writer, poet, Certified Public Accountant and a practicing professional barista. He is a first born in a family of five. He loves his Christian parents who have helped shape his life and writing for Christ. He has authored two books Where the Light Leads, an inspirational Christian book and the most recent You Will Remember Me, a collection of Poetry. He loves reading and learning. He loves God. He loves making friends.

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DEDICATION

Dedicated to all who believe and who will believe the good news Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I thank God, who enables us to do all things through Christ Jesus. He oversaw this work to this point in time. It would be utterly meaningless if I were to claim the success of this book. This book is the response to the work of many teachers, writers, pastors, friends, chefs, managers, and never-ending brothers and sisters who took time to instruct me through diverse spheres of their influence. 

I appreciate my parents Rev John and Nancy Ngusale and my siblings, who first conceded the idea of this book and offered the sustenance that saw its continuation. I am grateful to author Epiphany Tanya Richardson for her valuable, sensitive perspective. I appreciate Professor PLO Lumumba, Rev. Dr. John Juma, amongst infinite servants of God for their time, insights and kind regards towards this book. I am grateful to Loresho and the entire Kabete family; thank you for the love, hope, faith, and prayers that we share faithfully. Finally, to the body of Christ, all the members that have stood out and been a good model by letting the light of Christ manifest in their lives. May God bless you.

REVIEWS

This book highlights the primary requirement of God for his children. Very little has been written on this subject. In this book, the author outlines fundamental principles with the intention of enlightening the Body of Christ. So relevant and practical is the content of this book that it is going to become an indispensable tool for many in the church. Most Christians desire a life that brings glory and honor to God, yet they don’t fully understand him as the Light of the world.

Reverend Dr. John Juma, 

Pastor Umoja PAG church

Throughout the ages, Light has always conquered darkness and served as a beacon of hope. In his book, Where the Light leads, Ngusale has demonstrated with passion and clarity the value of God’s light in the affairs of believers. Through generous and wide-ranging references to the Bible, he has reminded us that true Christianity must be demonstrated by word and deed. I recommend this little gem of a book to all who seek God in truth and sincerity.

Prof. PLO Lumumba

A beautiful tribute to those who ran the race before and a light for the path of those who will run it after; Brian reminds us that humility, wisdom, and obedience are key to a life of depth and spiritual enlightenment

Michael Allyn LaBorn

Author 

INTRODUCTION

I was already writing my grandfather’s story for remembrance purposes when it eagerly weighed on my heart the being of Jesus Christ as the Light of the world. Why wasn’t I able to put away His story? That is the question that swirls in my head. Dr. Tony Evans cites in his book, Raising Kingdom Kids, that Grand-parenting is God’s way of giving us a second chance at parenting. Everyone’s story has a perspective, and everyone has a story which, if lived out well to the world, would change the world to be a better place. 

The Bible reminds us that God is Light, and in him, there is no darkness. He saves us and becomes the Light in our lives. He also wants to use the message of our lives to show off to the world, where His Light leads. The great commission, to disciple, is every believer’s mission. The purpose of this book is to help us realize that God’s Light in our lives is destined to give us a future and a hope.

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CHAPTER 1

OUR GRANDPARENTS’ HOUSE

I have become an old man now, and I have preached all over the world. And the older I get, the more I cling to the hope that I started with many years ago and proclaimed it in many languages to many parts of the world.

-Billy Graham

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth and do not sell it, wisdom, instruction, and insight as well. The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave birth to you be joyful.

-Proverbs 23:22-25, NIV

It was the most prominent house in the homestead and perhaps the oldest. Every evening we would gather to hear our grandparents’ tales and stories. It was usually a noisy gathering. A cousin crying, laughter, songs, hymns, or even our quarreling would fill the room.

I remember our grandparent’s sayings, 

Speak softly and carry a big stick. 

You will go far." 

He who refuses to obey cannot command. 

Without a leader, black ants get confused. 

A large chair does not make a king.

Cross the river in a crowd, and the crocodile won’t eat you.

"Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends

and dreams are there to meet you."

"Between two friends, even water drunk together, is sweet  

enough." 

There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.

Love is a despot who spares none. 

Always being in a hurry doesn’t prevent death, and neither does going slow prevent living.

The heart is a blind hunter; he runs after what he can’t see.

Then there was the parable of the sun and moon.

Once upon a time, the sun and the moon used to walk together like one’s feet. One day, the moon listened to her friends, who were the stars. Her friends realized she was more conspicuous in the night than they, yet, she wasn’t a star. They wished they could take her place after their cousin, the sun in the sky. They told her that during the day, while she’s away, they always see the sun walking by other friends who may ruin her character. The moon didn’t even inquire from the sun but ran away. The sun went after her, but she ran.

After days of running away, she developed a cold and could no longer shine. The stars took over, but they couldn’t shine enough to illuminate the earth at night. All night they would gather, gossiping behind the moon’s back. The sun would hide in the clouds during the day, grieving over the moon’s departure. One day, as the sun was in the west bringing down his curtains so that he could rest, he saw the moon limping from a distant. He reopened his curtains and moved several miles eastwards to meet the moon. They walked together that evening as she begged for forgiveness. The sun forgave her and ended the quarrel.

He, the sun, divided half of his kingdom to the moon to be shinning in the night. They eventually agreed never to forget their reunion. They planned to always meet in the evening in the west. 

The lesson was: Always remember who makes you shine. The more you know who matters the most in your life, the better you’ll be at prioritizing different matters of life.

How could I forget the tale of pride, the story of the beautiful gazelle...?

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful gazelle who was the prettiest creature in the region. One day she went to the stream to quench her thirst and found the waters still and clear. She saw her image, admiring her beautiful horns. She liked her body but was disappointed by her feeble feet. They were so slim and skinny that she cursed her Creator. As she was bowing to sip water, she heard an approaching hunter. She sprung on her feet and ran into a denser part of the forest.

While running, her sharp horns got caught in a thicket. In agony and helpless, she cried for help. Soon the hunter caught up to her. Her despised feet had tried to save her, but what she boasted of sold her away. 

The lesson, said grandpa, was that our weaknesses often are meant to take us far and not hinder us. We should never blame our Maker. We should never poke holes in the softer spots we see in life. Instead, we should be grateful for our blessings and always pray to understand how to live with them.

I remember grandpa’s story of Jacob and Esau.

God loved Jacob and hated Esau from birth, and the Lord said to her: Two nations are in your womb, two people shall be separated from your body, one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger. (Genesis 25:23, NIV)

Why did God hate Esau while he was just a baby? I remember asking my grandpa this question as a little boy. I also remember his answer, Because God knows the end as well as the beginning of all things. He knows even how your last day on earth will be.

Why does He create things that He also hates, grandpa?

For beauty grandson; even in a beautiful face, there are curves. Even though the sky has the moon and stars, it also has thunder and lightning!

Grandpa’s stories would continue well into the night,  

And Esau was a skillful hunter, but Jacob was a wild man who dwelt only in the tents, much like his grandfather, Abraham. While Esau was a hunter, Jacob was a cultivator. Jacob’s cultivator skills are what led him to be employed by his father-in-law, Laban. A hunter will tend for the present need while a cultivator will tend for future needs. God created us to be fruitful and to multiply. Just as God said to Rebecca, all nations are at odds between the people of Jacob and Esau.

Hunters are destroyers; they kill and deplete anything in the name of the game. They always look out for whatever will satisfy their present time. Just like Esau, they have no patience. A hunter, with a forest full of animals, in a little while, the fold will be empty. Hunters will destroy their forests, extinguish their wild animals, and soon remain with an open world. Hunters do not value their future and can sell it for anything. Esau sold his future (birthright) for a morsel of food. (Genesis 25:33)

A cultivator, with only a seedling, in a little while, he will fill a whole forest. Cultivators are multipliers. They invest in the present for the sake of their future. Cultivators understand how to nurture and grow, and this is God’s will for us all. We should learn to value the future of all that God gives us. Jacob knew the value of a birthright. That’s why he could buy it even though it was unseen.

We should all learn to live for the future. Every decision counts. When you go to school, you may choose to invest in your present or deny yourself for the future’s sake. When God created man, he ordered that he be fruitful and multiply. (Genesis 1:22) He created only one man and knew he would be a seed for billions of men. God loves and is a friend to multipliers because multipliers are brave people who believe in his word.

A lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man’s precious possession. (Proverbs 12:27, NIV) Remember to cultivate and multiply whatever you gather from life for your mission from God. God gave us the purpose to be fruitful and increase. Whatever you acquire, take time to know it better, then do it. God has concealed so much in His word, and you have to search out to understand what He means. 

Grandpa had unending stories that kept us listening. There was the story of a man who wanted to conquer the world. He tried with all his might but