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02/03/2015

My Thoughts

Luke 8:16New International Version (NIV)
A Lamp on a Stand

16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.


The clay jar stands for work or schooling. Do you go to work every day and allow the issues to swallow your joy in Christ? Do the worries and cares of the week or month cause your light to be hidden? Does peer pressure force you to hide Christ's light? Or do you just miss the wonders of Jesus in the world that surrounds you because you are consumed with the chance to gain more money? You might be a lumberjack that walks through a beautiful forest and only see the value behind each tree and not the beauty of God's handiwork.

The only difference between some poor homeless person and the super wealthy is the cost of their clothes and their food. But both can be lazy. Do you let the times of relaxing and rest or play and vacation consume you so much that you're seen as a person of laziness instead of someone that clearly shows they are followers of Christ in the deeds they do?

Take inventory of whether you are caught up in your job/school or overly seek your vacation time, and honestly look at how the world sees you?

Think about that.
Love,
Dad