This Little Light of Mine

“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.”  We all probably sang that many times as children at a vacation Bible school or church, but did we really get it?  I mean… really?  What about now?  Our light, where does it shine today?  Do we still have the light?  Maybe we should go back to THE LIGHT to remember. 

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” (John 8:12)  Jesus seemed to have to keep reminding the people in His day about the Light, so we shouldn’t feel quite so bad if we forget sometimes.  Jesus offers a way to quit stumbling around in the dark. He offers the light that will never burn out. He doesn’t want us to keep stumping our toes in the darkness.  He reminds us again in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

Maybe, just maybe, if we can remember to leave our lights on, someone else might also find the way to the Father through Jesus.  The Light, Jesus, once again in Matthew 5:14-16: "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” 

So now, it’s up to us.  We have been shown the light and now have been charged with being the keepers of the light.  We are like the old lighthouse keepers.  Without us, many would crash into the shoreline, possibly lost, hurt or even spiritually dead. Those keepers of old were on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

How is your light doing these days?   Is your lens clear so your light can shine far and wide, or does it need a little polishing?  Maybe your light has gone out altogether.  No matter what condition you find your light in today, we still have time before the night comes.  Let’s get our lights ready because before too long the night will come and it will be too late. (John 9:4)

“Trim your feeble lamp, my brother, some poor sailor tempest tossed; trying now to make the harbor, in the darkness may be lost.  Let the lower lights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave!  Some poor fainting, struggling sea-man you may rescue, you may save.”1

God Bless!

[1] Let the Lower Lights be Burning by: Philip Paul Bliss