As l looked up at our outdoor lights today I realized how many bulbs were missing. And it reminded me of us. Of how we stop shining, stop working, or we get discarded and never get replaced. And how we are one cord with many lights. How gloriously we could shine for God’s glory if we all stayed put and shone together ?
There are many, many reasons why we no longer shine. There are those of us who have had circumstances break us – and we are missing, either by our own choice or even by the choice of others. I pray that God would restore us regardless of whether or not the circumstances change.
There are those of us who have allowed sin into our lives, and so the power source isn’t lighting up our lives anymore. Light and dark don’t live together. I pray that our eyes be opened and that our hearts become broken to the point that we return to God, and that we once again take our rightful place within the body.
There are those of us who are beside a bright bulb that draws attention to themselves in a manner that wows people. Maybe alongside that bulb it doesn’t look like your little light is shining. I want to say to those ones that God sees motives – never forget that. Take your eyes off your neighbour and keep it on your Lord. Your reward in heaven is far greater than any you would receive on earth.
And finally, there are the lights that choose to remove themselves to go and shine somewhere else. Somewhere more convenient. When the night is too dark they leave. When the wind blows they leave and find another cord somewhere more sheltered. They choose comfort over calling. Ease over anointing. I pray that we that fit into this category grow a backbone of relentless faith. I pray that God reveals Himself in such a mighty way that you would not even consider leaving the cord you are called to because you KNOW where you belong. Stop finding other places to shine when God has a destiny for you. Go with God and not with your own wisdom – you wont regret it – it may not be the easy road – but it will the right road ?
Go shine fellow light bulbs. Go shine where you are meant to shine. Go shine for God’s glory and not your own. Clear out your junk so that you can shine brighter. It is only together that we are a Body ?✌