Feb 23, 2021 … Shining His Light

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 54 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Into the Light…  Powerfully singing of how all born-again Christians need to come out of darkness of this world into the light of Christ. 

Friendship Lights ... 

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Highlight Passage:  Matthew 5:16  [ESV] ... 

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 

… When our works shine God’s light in a dark world, God is seen in our works and glorified.       

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Matthew 5:14-16 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches (i.e., commands) that His followers (i.e., disciples) shine God’s light wherever they are. 

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:105 [ESV] … 

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 

…  When we follow God’s word, we shine God’s light for all to see.   

Reference Passage: … Daniel 12:3 [ESV] … 

3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.  

…  The Prophet Daniel shows how the wise, i.e., those who seek and follow God’s ways, shine like the stars in a dark night.    

Reference Passage: … John 8:12 [ESV] … 

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  

…  Jesus clearly declares to His followers that He is the light to follow in this world.  

Reference Passage: …  Ephesian 5:6-8  [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul shows that obedience in following God’s ways, rather than following those in the world, shines God’s light.       

Reference Passage: … 1 Peter 2:9 [ESV] … 

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

…  We Christians are “chosen” (i.e., called) to come out of the darkness of sin and this world into the Light of Christ. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon, AT THIS LINK   … tells of a parent using an internet controlled “friendship lamp” (see photo) to light up and show her son that she was thinking of and praying for her boy.  

Clever device, isn’t it, … to shine a light to show that one is sharing the love of Christ with another believer?  And isn’t that what God’s word - in the old/new testaments (see scriptures above) - tells us that we must do as God’s children in this world?  Isn’t that clearly what Jesus commanded of His followers and disciples (see Matt 5:16 and John 8:12).  Of course, it is!! 

So, when we’ve all taken in these truths above and the linked song as well, I pray we be intentional and ask ourselves what we’re going to do TODAY to shine Christ’s light in this ever-darkening world.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for helping us shine Your light in this world … even today. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to shine the light of Christ for others to follow in this world today.   … Amen 

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