You as a Light

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For the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, that You may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ Acts 13:47
I know this Bible verse. We are called to be light. Songs are written about it: “This little light of mine,…”

But what does it really mean? I know light is important. I feel much better during the day than in the night. I feel the difference walking in the train station in the sunshine or late in the evening. It feels much more creepy at night.

A few days ago, I was taken out for a surprise dinner. I looked forward to it. Great to eat with friends, to enjoy good food and have great talks. We entered the restaurant and it was…dinner in the dark…

I can tell you honestly that I was not happy. And as one of the last to enter the dining room, I was even more unhappy. It was scary, uncomfortable and not at all what I had expected.

You had to listen carefully, be careful with touching, the food tasted different (not so good as you couldn’t see what you ate). I felt claustrophobic. I have to admit, these were not the best two hours of my life…

And in fact, most of us were glad to leave the restaurant. Some had a relatively good time because they were talking out loud. In fact, that made my time even worse ;-). When you are in 100% darkness and you know the light, you want to escape. And I think that God wanted us to realize that.

Earlier on the same day, we had read these verses in Acts 13:47, 48 – “I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, that You may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. When the Gentiles heard this, they  began rejoicing and glorifying the Word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.”

I believe when we really realize how dark it is to live without God now and eternally, we will shine our light to everybody because all people need salvation. And when they realize the Light of the world dispels the Darkness of the world, they will rejoice.

In Jesus.net we have the dream – “Imagine that every single person in this world will have access to the Gospel, know God, grow in Jesus and share their faith easily.”

We are called to bring the light, because people need to escape darkness. Please join us in sharing your Light to the Dark world.

Eric-handtekening-witteachtergrond

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