LET IT SHINE
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'"
It was dark... so dark that it was hard to see your hand just inches in front of your face. But we were in a boat and no matter how dark it was, we needed to get back to camp. My hunters had taken two bears that night and we were late getting back.
I was driving the boat by feel, just hoping I could judge the right distances and turns in the dark. Finally after a half hour of riding in the dark, a little of the cabin, on shore, shined through the darkness.
If it hadn't been for that light in the complete darkness we were in trouble that night. Without that light to give us a direction and a hope, we would have most likely spent the night on the water, or worse attempted to continue in the dark and crash on the rocks on the lake.
Thank goodness for lights in the darkness. Jesus is a light in the darkness for those that are lost and without hope of finding their way. When people are lost and have no real direction, there is a light that not only gets us found and saved from immediate danger, but lights a path through this life and leads us to eternity in the light.
Look around at our world today... there is very little hope. Our country is on a downhill slide and darkness is setting in quickly. There doesn't seem to be any light left, but there is. There is light and hope in Jesus Christ.
If you never trusted Jesus Christ with your life, do it now, tomorrow might be too late. He is the light in the darkness when we cant seem to find our way.
In John 12:36, Jesus said this...
"Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.' When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
"Put your trust in the Light". If you're trusting in anything less than Jesus, you will remain lost and in darkness. If you have already trusted Jesus, let His light shine through you to the world. What good is a light if it never shines.
There is only one true light... Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)
For those that know Jesus already... we've got the way to help those lost and in darkness... we must let our light shine for others to see. LET IT SHINE.
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