Text:
Matthew 5:15-16 (HCSB)
15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
Observation:
This call to be a light is to everyone. If you are someone, it applies to you. However, you must be connected to The Light if you desire that your light will produce the fruit of life that last forever.
Ephesians 2:8-10 (HCSB)
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift—
9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
This world with all of its evil is not our home. Yes, we are citizens in our homeland, but those who believe in Jesus are citizens of heaven.
Philippians 3:20-21 (ESV)
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Let this word from God's Word inspire you to let your light shine to dispel the darkness in this world. This is God's gift to His children who have been born from above.
Ephesians 2:10 (AMP)
10 For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
My dear brothers and sisters, allow me to encourage you to let your light so shine so that others may see Jesus in you.
Prayer:
Father, thank you for your work of love, grace, and mercy in the lives of your people.
Father, help us, by the power of the Holy Spirit of God, to walk in the light, and to let our light shine in this dark and evil world. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
No comments:
Post a Comment