Scripture tells us that God is love and that we are made in His image. Therefore, we are not only the beloved of God, we are "LOVE". I've thought about my life and ways to connect to who I am and share who I am with others. Being in Christ gives me the liberty to live and move and have my being in love. I have the ability to bloom where I'm planted and to shine as bright as the sun! I can be content with the love within me and encourage others to find and connect with who they are in Christ Jesus. Being a child of God affords us so much freedom and opportunity to SHINE FOR HIM!
Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Mat 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
We are the light of the world. Light requires an organ (eye) adapted for it's reception. Where the eye is absent, or where it has become impaired from any cause, light is useless. Love stimulates our receptors! Keeps them working properly.
Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Having a single eye full of light can help us to see clearly what God desires us to do for Him. Love working in us to produce this kind of sightedness keeps us from becoming cloudy in our thinking and disobedient in our service to Him. Jesus says, "we are the light of the world". We must shine so that we join Him in His work of letting the whole world know that He is Lord, the risen Savior, He is that true light that all men need! He has given to us His love and His light to point the way for others. Does your love light shine and point the way for others to know Jesus and to live for Him? If not perhaps it's hid under a bushel! Our love lights can be hid under a bushel of complacency, embarrassment, stubbornness, fear, disobedience to name a few. Get your love from beneath the bushel and allow it to stimulate the light inside. The more you do for Him the brighter you will shine and your love will glorify Him again and again.
Pray: Lord I desire to shine for You. I am releasing my love light today to point the way to someone else that they may find you and live for you so that there may be many bright lights in this world glorifying You. May I no longer live a life of complacency but get up, get going and begin to really live and move and have my being in YOU! Amen.
