Live the light

LIVE THE LIGHT

 

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (Eph. 5:8 NIV).

 

When a small community contains both a Christian college and a seminary, it is only natural for many townspeople to be connected to the institutions — whether through jobs or related businesses and services. About one such town someone joked that "the nearest known sin is twenty miles away." I'm sure it's much closer than that! But Christians often feel comfortable in such cloistered settings, areas that are permeated with a Christian atmosphere.

 

Still, light shines best in the midst of darkness. You have heard the saying, "It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." While living surrounded by sin’s darkness, we can shine with the light Jesus brought. We once were involved in the world's darkness, but Jesus has called us out of darkness to His light. Now He wants to use us to spread His light to others.

 

A small light can drive out a great darkness, but it must maintain its distinction as light. When Christians become entangled in the sin and darkness of the world around them, their light soon goes out. When you become part of the darkness, you lose the power to shine. Light shines brightest by contrast, not by compromise.

 

Life response: "Lord, strengthen me so that I will not compromise."