"You are the light of the world. "
Matthew 5:14
WE'RE IT!
Read It: Matthew 5:14-15; John 8:12
The last time I checked, the purpose of a light was to shine. That's all it is supposed to do. But that shine means a lot when you're in the dark. People say, "This world is dark." That's because the world is not the light. What else can a sinful place be but dark? The world is lost and without out any direction because the world is not the light. Jesus is the Light, and we are to reflect Him. In the original text, the meaning of what Jesus said in verse 14 really jumps out at you. The idea is, "You disciples and nobody else are the light. You are it." Remember, Jesus is talking to His followers here. That's you and me. He's saying that if this world is ever going to see His light and come to the knowledge of the truth, it will be because we let His light shine through us. If we were to go into a building on a pitch-dark night, turn out all the lights, and even cover up all the windows, it would be so dark we would have a hard time moving around. There would be chaos as we ran into chairs, walls, and each other trying to get out of that building. But if in the middle of all that confusion, I stood on a platform, pulled out a huge flashlight, and turned it on, guess what? I now run the show Whoever has the light calls the shots when it's dark. That dark building describes this dark world pretty well. People are crashing into everything, trying to find a way out of the darkness. We Christians are the light. We know Christ is the answer, to borrow a popular ular phrase from a few years ago. The tragedy is that we are not using the flashlight God has given us to give the world some light. Turn your flashlight on, Christian, so people in darkness can see.
And after you turn it on, hold it high so everyone can see it. Christianity is not a covert operation. We don't go slinking around in the dark to get our work done. There is no room for "secret-agent" Christians. We are not the spiritual itual CIA. We're people of the light. Think About It What we need is a group of people who are unapologetically Christian. Are you ready to join up?
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