THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE LET IT SHINE FREE
His response reveals once again the purpose of the Light to reveal and invite others to hear and obey and be set free from the darkness of self-centered delusion. Then, no wonder Jesus reacts as He does to the news that His mother and brothers are here to see Him. This Light is not meant to be hid, because if you put this Light under a basket or under a bed, it will go out, smothered by not fulfilling its purpose! This Light is meant to be a help to everyone who sees it. And He is selfless, thinking of others and helping others. It is the inescapable reality that you and I are made in God’s image to become LIKE Him. This Light that Jesus speaks of is that light lit by God in your life and my life. It illumines even uncomfortable truths within us and outside us. There is something antiseptic about light. And that message is put your light where it belongs! Put your light where it will do the job it was intended to do: Help others find their way! Familiarity many times allows us to assume we know more than we do!īut this passage has a powerful message for us today. And that may be the biggest problem for us. And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd. Take heed then how you hear for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.” For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. The Lord said, “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. Look at our lesson today in Luke 8:16-21: Turns out, any light shines brighter the deeper the darkness! He lit his lighter! That little flame seemed brighter than any light I’d ever seen. Then the tour guide did something that really shocked me. It was so dark that I couldn’t even see my hand held right in front of my face! I was terrified. We went on the tour of the deep dark cave there, and part of the tour was when all the lights in the cave were turned off. Me and my brother and our mom were at Ruby Falls in Tennessee. What a nice memory.īut then something happened later in life that made my “little light” story shine brighter than ever. Let it shine!” We would hold up our right index finger as we sang the song. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
It was a favorite Sunday School song in my 1st grade class on Sundays! “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
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