He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. John 5:35
I was thinking about how we can be so content to shine in the light of another - a good sermon, good worship, praying with another. These are all good things, but not the needful thing. The needful thing is to spend such sweet time in the presence of Jesus ourselves, that WE shine. Truly, it is Jesus who shines in us - yet when we spend time with Him in prayer, in the Word, in meditation of His Word, we get to shine. We get to be the light, the vessel that overflows with joy and the Spirit.
I don't want to be content to rejoice in another's light, but to BE light myself.
2 comments:
Amen to that. And now I can't help but thinking of that DC Talk song "in the light" which is, by the way, a very good song.
May the Lord continue to enlarge the place of your heart as you abandon yourself to His Light.
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