Day of Praise

Fr, May 17, 48th Day of Easter, "Day of Praise"

[Jesus said,] "You are the light of the world...let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." - Matthew 5:14,16

Everybody loves to shine! I mean, don't we all want our 15 minutes of fame?

In one of today's verses, Jesus says that we're the light of the world. We get to shine! I Love it! And so do you!

And yet, what I want to know is this: how did we come to be the light of the world when, in John 8:12, Jesus says that he himself is the light of the world?

Simple, Jesus, who is the light of the world, stooped down to shine his light into our darkness so that we ourselves could shine.

So, make the application. Do you ever just get fed up with the darkness in this world? Well, then stoop down and shine a little light of Jesus into that darkness, just like Jesus did for us.

And when you do? The world will indeed become a brighter place.

So have a great day. May it be filled with the light of God's presence, the light of God's glory, and an abundance of blessing for you and each one of us.

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson