Lighten Up!

“As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me.

Night is coming, when no one can work.”

 John 9:4

In the part of the world where I live (and most of you reading this for that matter!) Summer is so very short it seems. We celebrate Memorial Day as the unofficial start and then, so it seems, a few weeks later and we are welcoming the first of September and in a flash the kids are back to school. As I sit at my computer writing this it is 7:10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and the days are enjoyably longer but in about a month they will begin getting shorter.

But the ‘daylight’ also seems to be getting shorter when I consider spiritual things. It seems that all around us it is becoming darker and darker spiritually. If that is true then it is no time for us to hide the light that we have under a table but to let it shine even brighter for all to see. There are so many who seem to be groping around in darkness with no understanding of the time that it is and with no purpose in their lives. There has never been a time riper for the Gospel to be shared than today. It need not be shared by hitting someone over the head with your Bible. People stumbling in the dark often are looking for a light - a way out of that darkness. It is time for Isaiah 60:1 to be declared in the church: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.”

How do I make my light shine brighter?

Spend more time in the Son!

No, not the s-u-n, but the S-o-n.

Let the glory of the Lord rise upon you because you have been in His presence. When was the last time people had to shield their eyes from looking at you because of the brightness of your countenance?

But, you say, that doesn’t happen today!

Sadly, it doesn’t.

We don’t take the time we ought to in His presence so that when others see us they see His glory reflected in us.

Solution?

Take the time to ‘lighten up’

Spend more time in His presence!