Yes,
YOU COULD BE A STAR!
every day...
Can you imagine
following a star to the place where Jesus lay in the manger? Watching in anticipation as the star leads you across a desert terrain to a stable to visit a King!
The Bible tells us
in Matthew 2:2 that the wise men saw his star in the east and came to worship
him.
Can we shine as bright as the star that led the wise men to Jesus?
Just
a few short chapters over in Matthew 5:16 the Bible instructs US to "Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your father which is in heaven." I believe that is exactly what the star
was doing that night in Bethlehem; shining for men to see his good works and
glorifying him. Once we accept Jesus, he begins a good work in us. His
Holy Spirit can shine through us so men can see his glory.
Sometimes I think I
made a special trip to the hardware store to buy a dimmer switch for my
glorious light. Actually, I don't even need a dimmer switch on me to become "Dim for Christ"! Do you ever feel the same way? You know we can keep hitting our dimmer switches until you can't see
Jesus in us at all. The good news is we have control of how brightly our lights
shine for Jesus. We need to remove our dimmer switches and glow brightly all the time!
So how can we let our lights shine? Live for him and not ourselves.
Do his good work! Share the glorious news of Christ! Wouldn't it be amazing if
our lights were so bright people were blinded like Paul? You've
always wanted to be a star, haven't you? Now’s your chance!
Be that star this Christmas that leads someone to Jesus!
Illuminated365,
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