DCLM Sincere Milk 20 December 2023 — Shedding Light Or Casting Shadows
DCLM Sincere Milk 20 December 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Shedding Light Or Casting Shadows
Topic: Shedding Light Or Casting Shadows
Text: Matthew 5:14-16
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Key Verse: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
Message
The light shines and shows while the shadow darkens and hides an object. The life of a child of God must shine as light so that people around will see Christ Who is living inside him or her.
A boy was given some money to share with his friends. He was known as a good child and he always told people that he was a friend of Jesus and people believed him. He even preached the gospel to people from time to time. When this issue of money came up, this boy showed another character that shocked his friends- he refused to give them their own share of the money. When asked, he told them he had used all the money. This made his friends to be angry at him, especially because he did not explain anything to them until they started asking him.
Angrily, one of them said to him, “and you carry Bible and preach to us, now you have cheated us. Is that what your Bible teaches you?” This boy’s attitude did not shed light on the gospel of Christ, rather, it cast a shadow and his friends may not want to listen to the gospel again because of his character. Let your life show the light -it will lead others to Christ.
Further Reading: Ephesians 5:8
Prayer for today: Oh Lord, please, help me to live a life that shines the light of the gospel to all around me.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
