Be The TRUE Light Of The World!

Mathew 5: 14 & 16. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid…Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER which is in heaven.

God calls us the light of the world because we have been impacted by the light Himself i.e. Jesus. John 1: 4& 5 says In Him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The light in Jesus was the light of the FATHER and the works He did were the works of that light which is the FATHER. No wonder He says He is one with the FATHER. He did not meet the need of the world. He met the need of His FATHER but in doing that He met the need of the world and went on to do in exceeding abundance.


When He comes into our life, He lights us up so that we are the light of the world – a dark world. We then begin to do the works of the FATHER which are the works of light just like Jesus did. According to Jesus, His FATHER is good and so He is always doing good. When men see these good works they give glory to the FATHER (the one that is truly good and reveals His goodness through us).


The question that one is faced with in our day as we look at all our good works – do they cause men to glorify our FATHER or to glorify us? Is our light shining before men? Are these the works of the FATHER that we do?


For our light to shine before men, we must be so impacted by the light of the world Himself that we would shine brightly ourselves. So brightly that man can not hide from our light. They are left with no choice but to be illuminated. It appears to me that we are not shining that brightly. Our light has been dimmed and the world is actually impacting us and we are getting transformed slowly. We are becoming ‘the world’ but a hybrid because we still have a ‘Jesus label’.


There are good people doing a lot of good work all over the world but ours was meant to be different. It was meant to give God glory. We are meant to be instruments through which God accomplishes His goodness on earth but is that what we are? No wonder our good works no longer cause men to glorify God but us. The works are not instigated by the Spirit of God. We each have our own agenda.


Good works not instigated by the light cannot provoke glory for the FATHER. Your good works can not be instigated by the FATHER if you have not been impacted by Him and are still being impacted by Him. This impartation comes from a relationship. Only through that relationship can you know what He wants to do in the world and then receive the grace to do it.


Despite all the good work being done it is called a dark world? If you just did your own good work it would be just another good work. It will not shine as light in darkness. That good work you are involved in – is it as a result of the light that you have become? Are you covering up the lack of shine with the good works? Have you gotten carried away by your good works? Jesus is still the light of the world. It is time to think deeply and take stock.

The bible says if we judge ourselves, we will not be judged. It is never too late to retrace one’s steps. Our God is so good that we can never be better than Him and He wants us to be good.

Pastor B