Let your light so shine…

One of the worst Home Improvement projects for plants is painting works!  All pots must be moved and relocated, which is never a good thing for the plants.  However much you may tell the workers that the plants are essential for you, the plants get piled one on top of the other and poorly treated!  We have a Jasmine creeper in our garden, and through everything around it, it still managed to put forth flowers and spread its fragrance.  And that plant taught me a lesson!  The purpose of the Jasmine plant was to flower and spread its fragrance.   It accomplished its goal even when no one watered it.  Even when the painters dumped the pots at their roots, the Jasmine plant bloomed and spread its scent.   

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus used the illustrations of salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16).  Both salt and light have properties that affect things around them.  As followers of Jesus, we have an essential role because we are the salt of the earth.  Salt preserves and seasons food.  Salt can bring the distinctive flavor of God's values to all of life.  As salt and light, we are not only to maintain personal holiness but also to touch the lives of everyone around us, at work as well as at home.  When Jesus said, we are the light of the world and salt of the earth, being light and salt is the very purpose of our lives.  God has planted each of us in a position with a plan and a purpose.  Sometimes the going is good, but many times life is quite challenging.  In and through it all, God expects us to spread the fragrance of Christ.  This may sound humanly impossible.  It is possible only when God provides His strength to us.   When we focus on being the salt and light for His glory, God enables us with His power and Spirit to fulfill our life's purpose even in the midst of trying situations! 

My friend, do you flare up or sink into a bad mood when life deals a blow?  You are not alone.  The Lord understands and is ready to strengthen us if only we ask Him.  The Lord will hold you and guide you to fulfill your life's purpose, for the Lord desires our light to shine before men so that they may see our good deeds and glorify our Father in heaven!  

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