LIGHT

 

Matthew 7:14 - "You are the light of the world!"

So many interpretations of what it means to be the light of the world. Some say that our message of being a follower of Christ is the spiritual revelation we bring into a world that has been blinded by the god of this age. Some say that we are a kind of "walking billboard" for God. That our actions and our choices may be the only Bible some people see. Either way, we have a responsibility to point to Christ as being the only way to life here and now........and life eternal after we die.

I think the one thing that has fascinated me about these words that Jesus spoke is that He proclaimed that we ARE the light of this world. Not that we can be the light. Not that if we study hard, cross all the "t's" and dot all the "i's"  we might could attain light status. But that the simple fact is when we receive His salvation we become light.

I know that I hear voices today from various people about how dark this country and world has become. No one ever speaks of the simple fact that as long as God has a remnant here on earth, there is light. Where there is light, there is hope. And where there is hope, God is moving, working, and carrying out His plans. 

We have not been called to be a religious light....

We have not been called to be an exclusive denominational light....

We have not been called to be a light that prides itself on simply outshining any other light....

We have not been called to count and record how many are drawn to Christ and become lights themselves.

We have been called to simply "BE" light. Exist in this moment, this day, this time. And as we move through our day, be guided by the Holy Spirit, doing battle against the voices that seek to draw us away from being who God created us to be.

As the apostle Paul wrote in Philippians -  "I press on toward the goal to win the supreme and heavenly prize to which God in Christ is calling us upward.  Only let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that."

Think on these things this morning...

God on you...

michael b.