Where Is Your Light?

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

G. Paulraj

Every followers of Christ and the preachers of the Gospel are expected to diffuse the light of salvific knowledge and power of divine love before the circle of their acquaintance. We can create great impact in the lives of the people and call the people towards repentance by letting out light shine before them. Our Holy life, pure conversations and our edifying and faithful instructions are the channels that help us to let our light shine before men.

Let your light so shine ... - Let your holy life, your pure conversation, and your faithful instructions, be everywhere seen and known. Always, in all societies, in all business, at home and abroad, in prosperity and adversity, let it be seen that you are real Christians. When a Christian follows the word of God and permits it to work in his /her life then he or she lets his or her light shine before men. We are called and 

expected to show our love and kindness not only to the people who doesn’t harm us but also to the people who hates us. Even we are expected to extend our help and charity to the people who consider us as their enemies (in our Christian life we don’t have enemies on this earth except Satan, he is our enemy because he is one and only enemy of our Lord).

Our good attitude before men including believers and non- believers will help them to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Our good attitude before men will serve them as the channel of their salvation. Finally our good attitude before men will prompt them to glorify our God in heaven. Look at the verse it says if we let our light shine before men they will be drawn to God.

Verse 14 says “You are the light of the world.” That means God has given us an opportunity to live for Him only on this earth. If you and I miss this golden opportunity we will be lost forever we not only loose our precious souls but also we let others to lose their soul through our misconduct. Only one life live it for the glory of God, God gives us enough time to glorify Him through our words and deeds let us make use of this opportunity to lead others into Christ as well as to glorify His Holy name.  

The story is told of a little girl who was shivering her way along a main street in one of our great cities. Seeing the beautiful lights of a church building and hearing the music coming from within, she went in and warmed herself as she listened. The preacher's text was, "I am the light of the world." At the close of the service, she went to the minister and said, "Did you say you are the light of the world, sir?" The minister replied, "No, dear child. Christ is the light of the world, and I am one of the lights." The little lass looked at him for a moment, and then solemnly said, "Well, sir, I wish you would come down and hang out in our alley, 'cause it's awful dark down there!" Christians are, indeed, as the Master said, "the light of the world." As one of those lights, are you "hanging out" in some dark alley? This Illustration is taken from Biblical Research Monthly. Is our Light shine before men? Finally our actions speak louder than words! When you say that you are a Christian, then you should live your life as a Christian. Like the lighthouse, let your light shine!