Too Light

Do you remember that old VBS song? You know the one:

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.  Hide it under a bushel-NO! I'm gonna let it shine. Hide it under a bushel-NO! I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.  Won't let satan whufff it out, I'm gonna let it shine. Won't let satan whufff it out, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

 Man that was a great song for vacation Bible school and children's Sunday school and stuff like that.  It made a point and it was fun to sing.  I remember doing all the hand motions and stuff like that and getting up in church to sing this song.

So in Luke 11:33 Jesus talks about us having this light in our lives.  He makes the point that no one lights a lamp and then goes and hides it, or puts it under a basket.  That would be pointless really.  Instead when you light a lamp like that you would make sure that it was in a place where the light could be seen and would be useful.

After I graduated from high school, my family moved from Midland to Snyder (that's all in West Texas in case you are wondering).  One of the things that we did at our new house was to put up a basketball goal.  The only real problem was that the only outside light we had didn't really shine bright enough and throw far enough for us to be able to play at night.  Then one of my parents showed us something that we had.  In the garage we had a much brighter work light that we could move out there.  So we would plug in the work light, place it on the corner of the roof and be good go even though it was dark.  I would have pointless for us to have this light and to take it out and plug it in and then stick it behind a wall on in the flower bed.

That is what Jesus is talking about here.  As Christ's followers we have his light burning inside of us.  But if we hide it or try to cover it up, what good is that to us or anyone else?  This world is a dark place desperately in need of the Light, and it is up to us to shine that light for others to see.  Peace and Love y'all.