SHINE
ON!
Ex
34:29
29
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables
of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist
not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with
him.
Phil
2:13-15
13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the
midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine
as lights in the world;
Yesterday
was a good day!
In fact, after the evening service at church, one dear elderly lady said to me:
“You’ve had a glow about you all day today!” Isn’t that what believers are
supposed to do – shine? As we left a local restaurant my wife commented that
she sensed a “stirring” in the churches of our little town. God was doing
something here!
Moses,
after a personal encounter with God, glowed! The word “shone” in Exodus is
the Hebrew word qaran and literally means “to shoot our
horns.” Ancient artists portrayed saints with halos having horns of
light shooting from their heads. When Moses came down from the mountain the
people were frightened at his appearance. He had to cover his face with a veil.
Warren Wiersbe said: “Truly spiritual people don't recognize
their own godliness but usually feel as though they're failures and far from
what they ought to be. At Pentecost (Acts 2), each believer could see
the tongues of fire above the other believers' heads, but not over their own
heads.”
A
crooked and perverse world should sense something different about Christians. They may not be
able to adequately identify it but they should notice it. We are to “shine as
lights in the world.” They marvel that we do things without a lot of murmuring
and arguing. They take note that God is working in us to bring about His
purposes. We shine!
Matt
5:14-16
14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15
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.
16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Dear
Lord, let me be so close to you today that I reflect your glory. Let others see
you in me. AMEN
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