Let your Light Shine!

Shortly after the Israelites sinned by worshiping the golden calf and God punishes them, Moses goes before God and receives the 10 Commandments again. Moses is so intimate with God that it says in Exodus 33:11 that, "the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend." Can you imagine being in God's presence like this? After Moses receives the 10 Commandments again (the first tablets were broken in his anger when he saw the Israelites worshiping the calf) his face literally shone from being in God's presence, "It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him." (Exodus 34:29).

It says in I John 1:5 that God is light, "This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all." If God is light and as Believers, He is in us, then we too should shine from His light. In fact, God wants us to be the light of the world, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father, who is in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16.

I pray that I may not be one who hides my light under a basket. That I will be so bold in my love for Jesus that others will see Him as my face reflects His glory. "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." 2 Corinthians 3:18

Krista Jones
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