Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 14 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.”
Many years ago, an Assemblies of God missionary named Homer Goodwin came into the Bawku area of northeastern Ghana with his wife and two small children. Selecting a site for a mission house in the village of Missiga, just outside Bawku, Homer began building his house; meanwhile, his family was staying at a government rest house in a town 10 miles away. Most of the time, Homer stayed in a tent close to the construction site at night, but one night he decided to return to see his family. The next day when Homer returned to Missiga, a local farmer came to him to complain. It seems that this man had gotten in the habit of staying past dark working on his farm because he knew that if he just looked up the hill, he would see the light from Homer’s small camp and he could use that light as a means of finding his way back to his home. But the night that Homer left to be with his family, this man had no beacon to guide him, no means of telling directions, and in the pitch – dark African night, he lost his way and had to sleep in the bush all night. Now, Homer didn’t know this man, nor had he ever met him. But unbeknownst to Homer, this man had been using Homer’s light as a guide to show him which way to go.
We never know when someone is watching us to see how we will behave! That’s a scary thought because most of us have times when our light shines brightly and times when we give practically no light at all. When we lived in Kumasi in the late 1980’s, sometimes our electricity would sag to such an extent that the incandescent bulb in our bathing room had barely as much light as a candle. But there is one person whose light gleams with a constant brightness, Jesus. Jesus said of himself in John 8:12 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” We know that by ourselves there is very little light and that we can fail. But Jesus never fails. Today let us follow Him who is the Light of the World!
PRAYER: Father, today we are afraid that people might be looking at us at a time when our lights will fail. But Lord, you are the Giver of light and life. Come into our hearts. Drive away the darkness! And fill us with your light so that we will be able to share that light with others. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.
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