“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
Jesus said if we allow our light to shine before others it will cause others to see the good that we do for the Kingdom, which not only glorifies our Father in Heaven but it will actually be a way we expand the kingdom. So how do we let our light shine, so others don’t stay in the dark?
“This little light of mine” I was singing to my grandson and thinking how can this little light of mine could shine in such darkness our country is in. But I am reminded of the darkness I like to hide in as well. It is easier to hide than it is to expose and bring to the light the areas we would rather not deal with. We all hide stuff we don’t want exposed. We are afraid to show our dirt.
However, whenever I confess my sin to someone I trust, then the Bible says I am healed (I John 1:9, and James 5:16). I bring it out into the light and then when it is exposed for what it is then the light actually shines on the fact that my sin was already atoned for. When we keep it in the darkness we think it is so much bigger than it is. Wow! As if God couldn’t see and forgive!!
If Christ is living in you, then you shine because He shines. His radiant face is reflecting off you. Of course the condition of this is letting Him increase as you decrease. Our sinful nature that loves the darkness will keep Christ decreased in us. But as we come in to the light of His glory and grace then we find that His Spirit is consuming more of us than our sinful nature could.
Expanding the kingdom of God is simply coming out of the shadows of showing your neighbor the light that is inside of you. You don’t even need to tell them. They will see it. Jesus will show them through the light that is inside you.
What do these verses speak to you? How will these verses help you to expand His Kingdom?
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Jodie Dye 