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You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14
D.L. MOODY
God has left us down here to shine. We are not here to buy and sell and get gain, to accumulate wealth, to acquire worldly position. This Earth, if we are Christians, is not our home; it is yonder. God has sent us into the world to shine for Him—to light up this dark world. Christ came to be the Light of the world, but men put out that light. They took it to Calvary and blew it out. Before Christ went up on high, He said to His disciples: “Ye are the light of the world. Ye are my witnesses. Go forth and carry the gospel to the perishing nations of the Earth.“
ERWIN LUTZER
Our hearts should be broken just thinking about the many people who are walking in the darkness of this world. As Jesus said, those who walk in darkness do not know where they are going (John 12:35). Furthermore, many stumble in the darkness; in fact, “the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble” (Proverbs 4:19). Light reveals reality; light is also needed for life.
We are called to walk in the light as He is in the light. We must share the light, defend the light and live in the light (1 John 1:3–7; 2:9–10, 21–23). It has often been said, “You are the best witness someone in this world has.”
If I am asked, “What is more important, the life we live or the words we speak?” I answer, “Which wing on an airplane is most important, the right or the left?” Let’s live and speak for the glory of Jesus and shine a light in the darkness.
PRAYER
Father, empower me to walk in your light, to defend the light, and to shine forth with the light of Christ in this dark world. Bring to mind one person for whom I can be a light today.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What is the significance of Christians being “light” to the world?
Do the words you say and the life you live bring light into the dark world?