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Let Your Light Shine, October 18
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
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To every soul born into Christ’s kingdom is given a solemn charge, Let
your light so shine before men that they, by seeing your good works, shall
glorify your Father which is in heaven. Pour forth upon your neighbors
the rich rays of light received from the Sun of Righteousness; flash upon
your friends in the world the bright gems of light and truth imparted to
you abundantly from the throne of God. This is trading upon the talents
entrusted. Go on from light to a greater light, catching more and more the
bright beams from the Sun of Righteousness, and shine more and more
unto the perfect day.
Jesus does not bid the Christian to strive to shine, but just to let his
light shine in clear and distinct rays to the world. Do not blanket your
light. Do not sinfully withhold your light. Do not let the mist and fog
and malaria of the world put out your light. Do not hide it under a bed or
under a bushel, but set it on a candlestick, that it may give light to all that
are in the house.... God bids you shine, penetrating the moral darkness of
the world.
Many do not know what is the matter with them. They want light and
see no ray. They are calling for help and they hear no response. Shall
doubt and unbelief be perpetuated because I do not gather the divine rays
of light from Jesus Christ and let them shine forth to others? ...
The deep struggles of my own soul against temptations, the earnest
longings of my mind and heart to know God and Jesus Christ as my
personal Saviour, and to have assurance, peace, and rest in their love, lead
me to desire every day to be where the beams of the Sun of Righteousness
can shine upon me. Without this experience, I shall indeed meet with
great loss, and all with whom I associate will be affected by the loss of
the light I ought to be receiving from the Source of all light and comfort,
and to be flashing into their pathway. Shall I be indeed a light unto the
world, or a shadow of darkness?
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