Let Your Light Shine
I read this, this morning and thought I’d share it:
Let your light shine
….LET YOR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN…. MATTHEW 5:16
A man is being tailgated by a woman who’s in a hurry. He comes to an intersection and when the light turns yellow he hits the brakes. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She honks her horn, yells profanities and gestures with her finger. As she’s ranting and raving someone taps on her window. To her horror she looks up and sees a policeman. He invites her out of her car and takes her to the station where she’s searched, fingerprinted and put in a cell. After a couple of hours she’s released and the arresting officer gives her her personal effects and says. “I’m very sorry for the mistake, ma’am. I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn and using ugly gesture and foul language. I noticed the ‘ What would Jesus do?’ bumper sticker, the ‘ Choose Life’ plate holder, the ‘Follow me to Sunday School’ window sign and the peace emblem on your trunk, so I naturally assumed that you had stolen the car.” Obviously he was following a Christian who wasn’t doing a very good job at following Christ.
The world gets turned off by people who have Christian bumper stickers on their cars, , Christian books on their shelves, Christian stations on their radios and TVs, Christian jewellery around their necks, Christian videos for their kids, Christian magazines for their coffee tables, but who don’t have the life of Jesus in their hearts. What’s the answer? ‘Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven.’
Bible in a year Reading: Num 4:34- 6:27, Mark 6:14-29, Ps 37: 8-15, Pr 11:3
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