Let your light shine

"Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world! " Philippians 2:14-15

God wants our lives to be bright. He wants them to shine like lamps in the darkness.

The world needs nothing so much as light — not light blazing in the far-off sky — but light pouring out softly, close by, from human lives which have been kindled at the heart of God.

The aim of the gospel of Christ is to make human lives bright with the brightness of God's own holiness.

There is a word in one of Paul's letters which puts this truth in the form of an exhortation: "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

A German tale describes a fisherman's log hut, which was transformed into an exquisite temple, by a lamp which burned within.

This is an illustration of what takes place in a human life when the lamp of the Holy Spirit burns within it.

" Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16

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