Friday, May 31, 2002
Friday, May 31, 2002
Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify
God because you bear this name.
That is how we ought to feel -- as if the whole world is looking at our light which glorifies God.
(1 Peter 4.16
NRSV)
The world desperately needs men and women whose sole purpose is to glorify God. It is a
sad commentary on the state of the church that many people do not perceive much difference
in the way church folks live and the rest of the world. It reminds me of a story about a French
light-house keeper who worked near Calais. As he was showing his lighthouse to some guests
one day, one of them asked what would happen if one of the lights went out. His response
was an emphatic "Never!" He said that if he permitted that to happen, he would live in fear of
being responsible for a ship crashing into some unseen rocks along the coast. And then he
went on to say, "Sometimes I feel as if the whole world is looking at my light."
Lord Jesus, may your light that shines in me work to glorify our Father in heaven. Amen.
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