Let It Shine.

Have you ever went to a mountain and looked around or sat in the middle of the field at night?

It's all pitch dark.

The earth below looks like a glowing map. Street lamps mark out tiny dots and lines of light, with our car headlights zooming up and down. As you enter a city (on a plane) you can see all the streetlights, building lights, and bill boards all lit up. There are thousands and thousands of lights. Both bright and dim, blinking and steady.

In Matthew 5:14-16 it says:

“You are the light of the world. A town built 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. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

You are that city on a hill. that landmark in the darkness that no one can miss. You are the glow on the horizon. We should always be shining God's marvelous light to others. Old or young, male or female, Christian or non-Christian. It doesn't matter who. As long as the light is kept constant. It's something that no one can miss. We may stumble across some struggles or challenges but nothing is impossible through God. He's our strength. He's the one that keeps us going. Since he does all this why not share it to the world?

Maps.

A map. What do you use it for? To lead you to a certain direction. Sometimes we take detours or there are stop signs, road blocks, sometimes road kills, or parked cars.

Think about how this relates to our walk with God.
This map, it's like our path that God has set for us. We'll have many obstacles and detours. Our walks with God aren't always perfect. We have our uphills and downhills.
God planned everything for us. We have our choices that we have to make.

We can either park ourselves, like the parked cars on the side of the road, symbolizing the downfalls that we have with Christ, we can stop at the stop sign.

What do you do when you stop at a stop sign? You stop, look around all ways, then go. When we stop at a stop sign we stop, and take a step back and look around us. What's going on with our friends, family, relatives, etc., when is the right time to make the decisions.

Sometimes we may feel that we are very far away from God. But God is alwasy near. Where is your spiritual home? Imagine God saying, "Welcome home!" Say to yourself, "I am home with God."