Thoughts For Today

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.  Day unto day utters speech and night unto night reveals knowledge.  There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.  Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world….”  (Psalm 19:1-4).  These verses vividly unite the revelation of God to man, through creation and through His Word.   “…In them, (His Word) He has set a tabernacle for the sun which is like a bridegroom coming out of His chamber and rejoices like a strongman to run its race.  Its rising is from one end of heaven and its circuit to the other end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat” (Psalm 19:4-6).  As the earth rotates around the sun, darkness is dispelled and even the moon, which has no light source of its own, begins to reflect light, almost as brightly as the sun.  Matthew 5:14-16 declares, “You are the light of the world…let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”  As strongmen who are set to run the race, we have no light of our own, but only the reflected light of the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.  The light of God that refracts in us and through us is the reflection of the light of Christ in us.  Genesis 1:16-18 tells us “…the greater light is made to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.”  Jesus, the greater light, rules the church, the children of the day.  He has given authority to the church to rule over darkness.  As we let the reflection of Jesus’ light shine, we begin to penetrate darkness, impacting and influencing those in our sphere of influence and we truly become the “light of the world.”