Christian Devotional – September 6, 2023

The Savior Comes, Day 5

Be the light. Read Matthew chapter 5.

This chapter in Matthew begins what is commonly referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus uses this opportunity to teach and instruct his disciples and also the group of people who have gathered around him. While we could truly pick out each and every individual verse of this chapter with something phenomenal, verse 14 is what stuck out to me today.

We are to be the light. In today’s time when we have artificial lights everywhere, I think we lose some of the significance of this verse. When the only thing that gives light is the sun or fire, the idea that we are still are to be light is truly revolutionary. Our light is to be a reflection of the sun. Not the SUN, but the SON. We are to be the brightest thing around us. Does our life shine brightly and display God’s goodness and holiness to the world we are around?