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Sep 29, 2010

Luke 8:16 - Let your light shine

Luke 8:16- No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. I work with kids a lot in my ministry (I am a youth leader at my church) so I get to see kids grow and develop in their faith. I notice the “stages” they go through from kids just learning about God, to the teenagers fighting with God, to the adult that follows God and lives for Him. It is really neat to be able to see the stages. The one that I enjoy the most though are the teens as they have the most going on in their lives. I see the light of Christ in them. I know the hearts of my kids and I know that God is working in them. For some reason though, some of those kids will not let God shine through. They fight it to keep up appearances. They try to prove they are cool and remain hardheaded and stubborn. Too often those same kids can find that their way is not working and they end up lost or hurting. They are hiding the light that God has provided them so that no one can see it in them. The problem is, sometimes they can not see the light either. We all have a tendency to do that at times though. It is easier to see in kids but it happens with all of us. When we laugh at a crude joke, when we talk about someone behind their back, when we curse, we are hiding our light. God did not give us His light and expect us to hide it. We are asked to let His light shine through us to the dark world around us. We need to fight against the urge to hide our light. The light of Christ is nothing to be ashamed of, it is something we should embrace. Let Him and His word be a light onto your path. He will show you the way and once you see the way then you can help light the way for those behind you. Let your light shine, the world is to dark a place as is for you not to.

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