The Power of Light

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven"- Matthew 5:16 (NIV). 

My best friend is a teacher. She wrote the following in her morning email: "We don't have to have a Bible in our hand to spread the Message. We can teach by example: our students, our children and grandchildren, and anyone we come in contact with." In education, we call this the silent curriculum or, in layman's terms: "Actions speak louder than words."  You can sit in pitch black, strike a match, and everyone in the darkness can see it. It wouldn't matter how small the flame, even a spark would be seen. Evil is darkness; God is light (1 John 1:5). No amount of darkness can drive out light, but even the smallest amount of light can overcome darkness. Light goes beyond the physical (good deeds). Light is also a product of the fruit our faith produces: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Darkness cannot stand before such things (Galatians 5:23).  Each time you do a good deed, or manifest a fruit of the spirit, you are bringing light into a world of darkness...and the light will be seen and the True Light will be glorified.