Let your light shine

'This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine...' Most of us know that song. It's a simple song written a while ago, but its words are still relevant for today. In the Old Testament we read that God called Moses up Mount Sinai for forty days to show him the Ten Commandments. 'When Moses came down from Mount Sinai...he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them' (Exodus 34:29-31 NIV). Moses' time in God's presence changed him.

When we spend time with God and determine to learn from him like Moses did, people will see a difference in us. It may make them uncertain at first because we act and look different, but when we spend time with God, Paul wrote that, 'you will shine among them like stars in the sky' (Philippians 2:15 NIV).

Now we don't have to live up a mountain for forty days to get God's shininess, but regularly spending time with God and learning from him will transform us.



So what now? Get a candle (or your phone torch) and light it in a dark room. See the difference one light makes and visualise yourself as that light.





— SCRIPTURE —

'His face was shining from speaking with the Lord.' Exodus 34:29 GWT
— SOULFOOD —

2 Chr 1-4, John 10:22-42, Ps 83:1-8, Pro 26:13-16