You Are Light. Shine!

May 4, 2018 (Friday)
Jesus said, “No one lights a candle and then puts a bucket over it. No, he puts it on a pedestal so that it may shine for everyone and give light to everybody in the house.” He continued, “You are the light of the world; shine!” (Matthew 5:16 Paraphrased).
Someone asked, “Which is more important, the sun or the moon?” and got the answer, “The moon of course. It shines at night, when you need it!” Seems logical, but it’s not true. The fact is, the moon has no light of its own – it reflects the light of the sun.
Well, that’s the way it is with our light. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” doesn’t tell the whole story that our little light is really a reflector of the true Light, which is Christ. “This little light of mine” says it better, but “this little reflector of mine” tells the true story. It is reflecting the light of Christ that makes us the light of the world (Matthew 5:16).
A wonderful old song, “Jesus Revealed In Me,” by Gipsy Smith, a great evangelist who died in 1947 at 87 years of age, expresses the longings of our hearts:

Christ the transforming light, touches this heart of mine,
Piercing the darkest night, making His glory shine.
Oh, to reflect His grace, causing the world to see
Love that will glow till others shall know Jesus revealed in me.