It has been said darkness is the absence of light. I picture darkness being a cold and lonely place. People rarely gather together in the dark, maybe around a campfire where is warm and bright from the flames. We are called to be the light to the world as Christians so I believe we are all born with a natural light, but only does it become magnified when we are seen through the magnifying lenses of Jesus.
As believers we are called to shine brightest in the darkest of hours. Are you bringing light to your workplace, to your home, to your marriage and to your children?
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14 NIV
The Bible says we are called to be a town on a hill. I believe the key word is hill in that passage. Why hill you may ask? Because something so high can be seen for miles. If you have ever been to a big city like let’s take New York for example, New York is an imposing sight during the day but when the sun goes down you see how large it truly is by the lights of the skyscrapers. Similarly, your light should bring forward not only clarity but warmth. A warmth that surpasses all understanding at a moment of crisis, a warmth of forgiveness and understanding, and a warmth of compassion.
Here are a few passages to meditate on:
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16 NIV
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light”
Ephesians 5:8 NIV
“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV
