SHINE! JESUS! SHINE!

READING: ACTS 9:1-9

Verse 3: “As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.”

This verse describes Paul’s life changing experience. A light shone around him from heaven, then later when his eyes were opened, (verse 8) he saw no one. Maybe this experience represents just what the light of the Lord will ultimately accomplish in our lives as Christians. His light in the form of His presence, His truth and His reality; is always shining. This may not be so in the intense physical manner that Saul experienced during his conversion, but it is powerfully present nonetheless. May it be that the more we become aware of Jesus as the Light of God, the more we also will become blinded to everything else. We know that ultimately the Holy Light will effectively obscure all else as He fully shines upon us. The Lord Jesus is truly Light of the World, and as His own we will experience Him in the total glory of that light. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. Do you only absorb the light of His presence, truth and reality, or do you also reflect it?

2. Think of and thank the Lord for a time when you were His expression of light.