The disciple of Christ as depicted in Matthew 5: broken of self will, self-sufficiency and self centeredness. Emptied of self to be filled with Christ. Digging deeply into God’s resources to live Christ’s abundant life. The ultimate well being, better than riches, power and fame. This person is of great value to themselves, to God and to people with whom they come in contact because they are experiencing the power of God. Christ challenged His disciples to be salt and light. We've examined the salt perspective in previous posts. Now "You are the light of the world. "
Light is remarkable. It is something we take for granted every day, and it's not something we stop and think about very often or even try and define. Simply stated, light is nature's way of transferring energy through space. We can complicate it by talking about interacting electric and magnetic fields, quantum mechanics, gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, optical, infrared and radio, but just remember--light is energy.
Light is remarkable. It is something we take for granted every day, and it's not something we stop and think about very often or even try and define. Simply stated, light is nature's way of transferring energy through space. We can complicate it by talking about interacting electric and magnetic fields, quantum mechanics, gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, optical, infrared and radio, but just remember--light is energy.
Light travels very rapidly. The speed of light is 186,282 miles per second. It takes about two and a half seconds, for instance, for a radio communication travelling at the speed of light to get to the moon and back. The next time you watch a beautiful sunrise or sunset, realize that it actually occurred eight minutes earlier--it takes that long for the light to reach the Earth!
Adapted from a website “Basics of Light.”
Adapted from a website “Basics of Light.”
A question the disciple of Christ must ask him/herself: can my brand of Christianity be labeled energetic, spreading rapidly the life of Christ with my environment?
1. Vision, enlightenment,
Ephesians 1:16-20 LB I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you wisdom to see clearly and really understand who Christ is and all that he has done for you. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can see something of the future he has called you to share. I want you to realize that God has been made rich because we who are Christ’s have been given to him. I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe. Him. It is that same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in heaven…
2 The presence of light as opposed to its absence (darkness) is a universal
metaphor of good and evil, knowledge and ignorance.
John 3: 19-21 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men
loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone
who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his
deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light,
so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through
God.
I don’t know if Christ had all these details of light in mind when He challenged the disciples to be light to the world. However complicated or in depth one wants to go in this subject of light, the basic response to Christ’s directive is the simple chorus, “This little light of mine - I’m going to let it shine.”
Christ’s light through the disciples is to clearly shine forth into the darkness of human wickedness, uncertainty and fear. Psalm 27:1 tells us: The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid?
The light of Christ shining through His disciple dispels fear.
The light of Christ shining through His disciple dispels fear.
More on light in tomorrow's post.
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