Your Identity in Christ
In Christ I am a light for the world, not to be hidden.
I will let my light shine before others so that they may
see my good deeds and glorify my Father in heaven.
Pondering Point
Jesus says that, as lights, we are like lamps. Lamps in previous days were in homes, but in modern times they have made it out to street corners, parking lots, and places that otherwise would not get light during the night.
That's a great analogy for us modern day people: God has strategically placed us in spaces that otherwise might be left “in the dark”. He has also shaped is for those environments. God makes all types of lamps: some beautiful, decorative, stately or tall – and some not 😊; but if a lamp does not cast light, it really becomes useless regarding its original purpose. Embrace your true purpose: Love the Lord God with all our heart and love our neighbor as yourself. In doing so we become a light to the world and God is glorified in us.
Prayer Prompt
Consider yourself as a lamp among your current situations: Are you a street lamp? A home lamp? Are you a parking lot lamp? Has He parked you somewhere unique? Has He put you in a busy intersection of life? Consider where He is that He is asking you to cast light for others to see Him.
Journal Prompt:
My light-casting situations:
Micro-Meditation
Psalm 103:13-18
- As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; - for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust. - The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field; - the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more. - But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children— - with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
Read the versus of the Psalm.
Mark the words or phrases that catch your attention.
Meditate: talk (or better, write) with God about those words. Ask him to impress things upon your heart and mind; expect responses.
Teaching or Command of God
Isaiah 43:1a
This is what the Lord says, he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear…
The Promise
Isaiah 43:1b
…for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
Pondering Point
“Do not fear” Father God says, “You are Mine.“ How does this speak to your fears/anxieties today?