Whoever Has, Will Be Given More

 

 Luke 8: 16-18 

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. ¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. ¹⁸ Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”

This simple, common sense illustration of light and darkness reminds us that we all have a special, unique light to bring to the darkness of this world.  We are not to hide it, but to allow it to illumine our path and to help others see and walk on theirs. The more light we have been given, the more we are called to give others and thus will receive even more ourselves. Let us take time today to reflect on the unique light we have been given and commit ourselves to let it shine brightly to others. 

Bro. Rene

Dear God, help me to let the light you have given to me shine through me to all the people I encounter today. Amen