Steven A. Bush - January 12, 2025
Shine Forth Brightly!
In Philippians 2:14-16 Paul writes: "Do everything without murmuring or questioning the providence of God, so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a morally crooked and spiritually perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights--beacons shining out clearly--in the world of darkness, holding out and offering to everyone the Word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run my race in vain nor labor without result." (AMP) If we were once blind but now we see; If we were once dwelling in darkness but now've been brought into the light; And if Jesus, the "Light of the World" has chosen to shine His radiant beams upon us, lit the lanterns of our hearts, and even declared us collectively to be as He is, "the light of the world," the implication is that we're called to shine. Therefore, let us shine forth…brightly!
Scripture References: John 8:12, Matthew 5:14-16, Psalms 18:28-31, Colossians 1:13-14, Philippians 2:12-16