“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set
on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the
house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” —Matthew 5:14-16
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever.”—Daniel 12:3
There
is a reason God did not create us all perfect beautiful, athletic, intelligent,
talented, muscular, exemplary models.
God gave each of us a unique design, and fashioned our personality, ethnicity,
heritage, height, birth date, etc., all for a reason—His glory. Each of us has been uniquely designed by God
for a particular reason. Ephesians 2:10
says, “We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which
God hath before ordained for us to do.”
To clarify, if there are any changeable features about ourselves that
are not in accordance with God’s design, which could hinder us from displaying
Him and His works, we should change them.
Most of us also have unchangeable features about ourselves that we do
not appreciate, but if they are unchangeable, we must determine the best way to
use them for God’s glory. He gave those
features to us for a reason, and we must display His glory through them. Even things that do not seem to make any
sense at all, like an accident that paralyzes someone from the neck down, or an
army invading your country and persecuting Christians, or getting stuck in a
swamp in the middle of an Indonesians jungle, surrounded by snakes, and bugs,
and unfriendly natives, if handled in the proper way, can be used to display
God’s glory. The way we respond to
situations and how we act in them is what determines whether or not God’s light
will shine through us. Paul describes
this concept in 2 Timothy 2:20-21: “But in a great house there are not only
vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to
honour, and some to dishonour. (21) If a man therefore purge himself from these,
he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use,
and prepared unto every good work.”
God’s designs are always for a purpose, and He will use us for His
glory, but we can determine if we are a vessel used for honor or dishonor by
the way we react to the design He has given us. We should use the aspects of
God’s design to shine as lights for Him.
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