Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
We can either be part of darkness and be part of this world OR shine as lights and be different. This world yearns for a light. People are desperately seeking for a ray of hope. we need more living examples metaphorically scripted as a city set on a hill, more signposts pointing people towards Christ.
We are called to be Christians not just to attend church services but to do a work and that is to become a light to gentiles and those around.
In today’s world, it’s easy to conform to the standards of this world, Just go with the flow and simply live a life with less resistance and stay within our comfort zone.
We are Christians, We are supposed to be different. We are to manifest as light.
Which leads us to the question, how can we produce light?
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
This verse tells us that in order for us to produce the light, we must follow the Light of the world! We need to follow Jesus Christ, His teachings, and examples. WE LITERALLY MUST BE LIKE GOD IN OUR THINKING, WORDS, AND ACTIONS.
As John, the baptizer said, “Christ must increase and I must decrease.” Therefore, the closer we go to the source of light, the brighter our light. The opposite is true. If we stay away from God or Christ, then our light gets dimmer and dimmer until we lose sight of the purpose for which we were created as Christians.
Acts 13:47-48
⁴⁷For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.⁴⁸And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Prophetic Utterance:
I am a light, a signpost pointing men to Christ.
Men follow me as I follow Christ the light of the World
I am a city set on a hill, I cannot be hid
When I appear, darkness is dispelled.
Guiding Text:
Acts 26:16-18
¹⁶But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.