Consider Jesus' words from Matthew 5:14-16 ..."let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)
If Darwinian natural selection was the only explanation for all of the biodiversity on our beloved blue planet, then wouldn't you think by now some of the bugs would have figured out not to fly into the light fixtures? Oh, my bad. I forgot they must have evolved without the gene for long-term memory. Maybe we should be glad they haven't figured it out or we might be overrun by beetles.
I find it interesting that these common bugs are attracted to the very thing that ends up killing them. Maybe they think it's a way out of the cage or maybe they can't tell the difference between a light and the open window or door through which they entered. If only they recognized the artificial or counterfeit nature of the light they would run (or fly, I suppose) away from it.
We aren't shining the light for the point of extinguishing all the 'bugs' that lurk in the darkness. Our good works can get people caught up and trapped like bugs in a light fixture, or we can shine in a way that results in men praising our Father in heaven.
What kind of bulb are you?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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How about being a blacklight?
White (Purified in Christ) shines bright in the darkness.
You caught the drift here, and I think that's a good working metaphor...when I put clean socks on my hands and turn on the blacklight in an enclosed room I'm invisible and the true white remains.
Similarly, the world should see only Christ's righteousness in us because anything less is just self-righteousness and the equivalent of a dirty rag; and consequently, it doesn't reflect the light.
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