Let the Light of Jesus Shine In You

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot behidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in thehouse.” (Matthew 5:14-15)

As you can see, I have a lamp with me, here, today. But, it's not verybright.....I just changed the bulb and it’s plugged in.....what in theworld is wrong with it? Oh, duh......I have to turn on the switch......there......that’s better.                      

You know, Jesus talked about light.......In Matt 5:14-16, Jesus said.....
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You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bushel, Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
 

When Jesus told us we are the light of the world, He was giving us a picture of who we are supposed to be. We are to be Christians everywhere we go. We should act in such a way, that others see Jesus in us and because of what they see they glorify God. Our problem is that we see this picture Jesus has given us in modern
terms. We think about lights today. Lights today come with a switch. We can turn them on and off easily. That is often our view of Christianity today; we turn it on and off as we please. If we want to act like the cool kids around us for a while, we just turn our light off and we act like the world. Then when we feel like doing something for Jesus, we turn it back on again. If we don't want to talk to that person sitting all alone on the playground, we just turn off our light. When we decide to help someone pick up all their papers, they just dropped, we turn it back on again. When we don't stick up for someone that others are making fun of, we turn off our light. When we are at church, we turn the light back on. Sadly, that doesn’t work. When we act like the world, like people who don't know Jesus.....the people of the world think we're just like them. Then, when we decide to turn on our light, the world sees us as a fake, a phony. The truth is, by switching the light off means knowingly and willingly choosing to sin. We are not doing what Jesus told us to do. Sin brings darkness instead of light. Remember, Jesus said we are not to put our lamp under a basket and hide it. The next time you think about hiding your Christian faith, remember Jesus told us to let our lights shine so that others seeing our good
works, would glorify our Father in heaven. We don't let our light shine so others will say good things about us, we let our light shine so others will glorify God. I pray you will let your light shine today and throughout this week everywhere you go.
 

Let’s pray.

Heavenly Father,
 

Thank You for being The Brightest Light to ever shine in our lives! We want everyone to see and know that You are alive and well and working for good in us and through us. Please help us to let our lights shine ALL the time, not depending upon who is around us or just when it's convenient. Your Kingdom will surely continue to grow! And to You, will always go the glory!
 

In the name of Jesus, we pray,
 

Amen.