Luke 11:36

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Thursday, June 3
Luke 11:36 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.

If you are something then you will do things that are attributable to being that thing. If you are a lion you do not eat grass. If you are zebra you do not eat meat. If you are an apple tree you do not grow grapes, and if you are a thorn bush you do not grow cherries.

If you are a lantern filled with light you shine out that light, unless you cover up the light or you run out of fuel. If you cover up your light you are useless. A lantern is meant to give out light, you may radiate some heat and that might be helpful in certain situations but its not what you were made for. A covered lamp does not show the way or light up what is around it; just like a lamp with no fuel. It does not have the essence of what gives it life and therefore cannot perform its duty. The wick my burn for a small amount of time, but it will soon go out.

If you are a Christian, you cannot hide what you are and still be who you are. To be a Christian is to go and to do what God has called us to do. We have to be visible in order to be doing His work. We also have to be in communion with Him and the body. We have to actively seek Him and be filled with Him. We need to partner with others who have taken up His call to action, so that we may be strengthened and encouraged by them. We need to make sure that some one is always disciplining us to ensure our obedience to God.

This all comes with a price. See if you hold a lantern, those in the dark will see where you are; and many will shrink away, some may even try to put out your light, those around you will dim their lanterns and expect the same from you, and some will come to your light - not because it's your light but because the Light of the World is shining through you.

Stand firm in the Lord who not only shines through you but will also ensure your safety in the night.