Week 22

Light is one of the most important elements of life.  Without light we would all die.  There would be no plants, no plants means no animals.  As Christians we forget that we also function as light, spititual light.  With life it is hard to keep our lights shinning bright.  Most people do not realize that their light is growing dim and before long its out.  Listen to what Jesus said in Luke 11.  Luke 11:34-36 “Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is bad, your body is filled with darkness. ³⁵ Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. ³⁶ If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”  The things that we see in life begin to block our light.  Examples: things we see in movies or on TV, things we read in books, things we see in society or at school.  Each time we see these things another speck blocks the light.  Life experience also blocks our light.  We live with the consequences of our sin.  We also live with the consequences of the sins of others.  These things may not be our fault but we have to live with them, divorce is an example.  2 Cor. 6:14 “Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?”  Sometimes life just bogs us down.  We don’t feel close to God and we wonder why?  Ron Luce describes this as dust that we are all covered with.  God’s plan for you is to let your light shine as bright as you can.   Get rid of the Junk in your life.  Turn off the TV, walk out of the movie, turn off the computer, or put down the book.  Paul says in Eph. 1:18 “I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.”