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Let your light shine
'Let your light shine before men' MATTHEW 5:16
Driving down the road a man is being tailgated by a woman who's in a hurry. He comes to a junction and as the light is turning amber he hits the brakes. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She blasts her horn, shouts out of the window and gestures with her finger.
As she's ranting and raving someone taps on her window. To her horror she looks up and sees a policeman. He's not impressed and takes her to the station where she's searched, fingerprinted and put in a cell. After a couple of hours she's released and the arresting officer gives her personal effects and says, 'I'm very sorry for the mistake. I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn and using ugly gestures and foul language. I noticed the "What Would Jesus Do?" sticker and the little fish sign stuck on the boot, so I naturally assumed you had stolen the car.'
Obviously he was following a Christian who wasn't doing a very good job at following Christ. The world is sick of people who wear WWJD wristbands, read fat Bibles in the canteen, sing along to worship songs on their iPods, but who don't have the love of Jesus in their hearts. What's the answer? 'Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.'
written by Bob Gass
'Let your light shine before men' MATTHEW 5:16
Driving down the road a man is being tailgated by a woman who's in a hurry. He comes to a junction and as the light is turning amber he hits the brakes. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She blasts her horn, shouts out of the window and gestures with her finger.
As she's ranting and raving someone taps on her window. To her horror she looks up and sees a policeman. He's not impressed and takes her to the station where she's searched, fingerprinted and put in a cell. After a couple of hours she's released and the arresting officer gives her personal effects and says, 'I'm very sorry for the mistake. I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn and using ugly gestures and foul language. I noticed the "What Would Jesus Do?" sticker and the little fish sign stuck on the boot, so I naturally assumed you had stolen the car.'
Obviously he was following a Christian who wasn't doing a very good job at following Christ. The world is sick of people who wear WWJD wristbands, read fat Bibles in the canteen, sing along to worship songs on their iPods, but who don't have the love of Jesus in their hearts. What's the answer? 'Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.'
written by Bob Gass
