On New Year’s Eve I was with my family and several friends outside enjoying a blazing fire. The night had been mostly cloudy, but then suddenly the clouds cleared and the brightness of the moon broke through. It was amazing to see the amount of light that it brought to us.
Spurgeon tells us that “Christ’s love is the sun and our love is the moonlight, which we are able to give forth because the sun hath looked upon us.”
As believers, we do not have the power to change the world, but God can. In the midst of darkness and pain we can reflect the light of life and bring hope to others.
We cannot create the light, but we can reflect the light of Christ that has been revealed to us though the Gospel and God’s indwelling Holy Spirit. If we would simply reveal ourselves to the Son and reflect Him to the world, the glory of God would be exposed from us and we along with our world would be transformed.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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God is Spirit and the world cannot see Him, but they can see His glory reflected in His children - just like at night we cannot see the sun but we can see the sun's light reflected by the moon. God's glory reflected in our transformed lives must be seen! We mustn't hide it from the world. Jesus said you are the light of the world - let your light shine before men.
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