How are you shining?

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TODAY’S VERSE: Matthew 5:13-15

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.” [New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society]

TODAY’S MESSAGE

An honest man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman hit the roof, and the horn, screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection with him. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. He said, “I’m very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping the guy off in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, the ‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper sticker, the ‘Follow Me to Sunday School’ bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk.” “Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car.”

As the above anonymous story clearly demonstrates, we cannot profess one thing and act otherwise. Our actions need to be aligned with our beliefs, so that our “salt and light” do their work of seasoning and brightening up a distasteful and dark world.

Is your salt in its optimum stage? Is your light clearly shining? When that’s not the case, we definitely miss out on a very significant part of our life’s destiny and earthly purpose. But when we do, God is clearly glorified.

TODAY’S PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for depositing divine salt and light into my life, and for the courage and wisdom to make proper use of it on a daily basis. Teach me Your ways, Lord, so that my world may be blessed as a result. In Jesus’ precious name, amen.

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