– Scripture:
Giving Not Getting
Jesus went on: “Does anyone bring a lamp home and put it under a bucket or beneath the bed? Don’t you put it up on a table or on the mantel? We’re not keeping secrets, we’re telling them; we’re not hiding things, we’re bringing them out into the open.
Mark 4:21-22 MSG
– Reflection:
Reading the red words of the Bible, which are Jesus’ words that were to have been spoken. It reminds me of something my wife tells me when I tell her something. She says that when I say something to her that I am really excited about it is supposedly for a person who is from Shelby, NC, like I am, because we understand our own. Jesus’ parables are for Christians; we understand them perfectly well. He is speaking very clearly to us. What he is saying why would you hide all the teaching and gifts that have been given to you; you wouldn’t. So why, with all GOD has created you to be, would you not want to step into your full potential? Use your gifts and the heart of GOD to reach anyone who needs it. Ensure that all you are and have been created to be will not go to waste.
Where do we go from here?
This is a tough one right here especially if you are usually a person that keeps to themselves and is not normally out in the open. I am like this as well, I can write these words, but there are times when I, too, can’t accept the blessing that I have been given to share with the world. We have to, though, just as Christ did all those years ago. It is important that we allow the people close to us to know we are going to do our part for the Kingdom. Shine like the morning sun to allow everyone that needs you to know exactly where you are.
Our Prayer for Today
Father, it is You who have given us these great gifts, and You are the one who helps us to give them away because that is what You created us for to share ourselves with one another when in need. Share your testimony with a person that may need to hear, that they are not the only ones that have gone through what they are currently going through. Allow a person in need ahead of you in the line at the gas station to know that help is always near. Tomorrow if you wake us up again we will do the same in honor of your son Jesus. Amen.