Good Thursday morning! I got to see a few of the working folk doing their various workout activities this morning, but most of the streets were quiet. Not everyone wants me taking their picture at 0530 it seems. I can understand that; that's why I'm behind the camera at that time of the morning and not in front of it. I am not the subject of the photos, simply the witness of God's wonderful creation in the morning. Okay, I must be leading up to something there... and it's true! John 1:8 - John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. Once again that sums up our job on this earth and in this life. We are witnesses to the light.
We are often told not to hide our light under a bushel basket. A kind of mash-up of what Jesus told the disciples back in the day. Jesus said that no one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. However, just before that Jesus spoke these words: "You are the light of the world - like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden." (Matt 5:14) If John was a witness to the light and spoke specifically of Jesus Christ, how can we also be the light of the world? Well, we are what Jesus told us we are.
You and I may not feel like a shining light to the world; we tend to focus on our failures and faults. Jesus must have seen something else in us that would shine out into the world. Certainly the disciples he was speaking to directly had no claim on perfect light in their own lives at that time, and neither do we when looking at our sins. Evidently we must look elsewhere to see our own light.
A light shone into the darkness of the world and into the darkness of our souls. That light was so strong that he made all of us light bearers too. We became witnesses to the light, shining brightly in the darkness, when we believed in the one who died for us.
Trust in the light that Jesus saw in you long before you even knew your own name. Be a witness to the light and shine for Him!
Bucky
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