We put up our old artificial Christmas Tree this year on December 1. There were a few lights out on the bottom branches, but I turned those toward the back. After a few days, the lights on the top third of the tree went out, followed a few days later by the middle third, and then finally the entire tree went dark.
I posted that a Christmas tree without lights was dismal. That prompted a friend to respond, “I see a devotion coming!”
Well, not wanting to disappoint, here it is. We are people of light. We not only live in the light of life that Christ Jesus brought us, but we are also to allow that light of the life of Christ Jesus to shine through us. We can have all the pretty ornaments that life in this world offers, but if there is no light of life in us, we are as dismal as a Christmas tree with the lights darkened. Remember ….
Colossians 1:13: For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
1 Peter 2:9: …you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
John 8:12: [Jesus] said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
And finally, Matthew 5:14: You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Oh, and my friend who saw the devotion coming, she is such a bright light she could have written this devotion herself.
