“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven" (Mt 5:14-16).
So, go out and get your light shining, right? Wrong! Wrong? Right! Uh, maybe I should turn a light on this thought. The passage above is not a command to produce light. It is not saying that we need to do something or say something or give something in order to cause our light to begin to shine. Rather it is a command to resist doing or saying things in such a way that covers our light.
We, like the moon, are reflected light for Jesus is "The true light that gives light to everyone..." (Jn 1:9), just as the sun gives light to the moon. And what does the moon need to do to reflect that light? Nothing! The only thing that prevents the moon from shining is an eclipse - something that covers it.
A reflected light needs do nothing to produce the light but everything to keep it from being blocked by inactivity or hypocrisy or distance or selfishness. If you are a child of God, you have divine light within you. But is your reflection clear to those in your community? Are you giving them a chance to see the Christ within? Is there something in your life that is blocking that light? Is there unforgiveness, discord, anger, greed, lust, some thing that is covering that light? Jus' Ask'n.
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