Let your Light shine

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Imagine for a moment that you light up a lamp with the intention of uncovering the darkness around you. Then you place the lamp under a basket. Of what good is a lamp under a basket? There’s a talent in each one of us and the goal of this post is to encourage you not to fear rejection. You see in high school, I sang in the choir but had no confidence that I could sing solo. Every opportunity to sing solo had me balking out for fear of failure or rejection. While a young girl, I wrote many songs, composed many songs but had no confidence to go public with those songs. But who knows, maybe these songs could have lifted someone from the pit and drawn someone to Christ. 

God is telling someone reading this to take off the basket covering your light and begin to shine it to the world. There’s too much darkness in this world so every little light is needed to reduce the darkness. 

In Matthew 5:14-16 we read:

““You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:14-16‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Note the last part, vs. 16: 

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and[recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

The ultimate purpose for shining your light is for the world to “acknowledge, honor and glorify” God.

God bless you abundantly!

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