Reflected light

In our camping excursion for my oldest son's birthday, my wife and I were trying to read our Bible before we went to bed. We only had one flashlight. I had it shining on my pages, but Pam needed some light to read hers. If I held my Bible just right, the light would reflect off my pages onto hers. But if I moved it just a tiny bit, Pam's Bible would be in the shadows and she couldn't read it.

As I read my Bible and Pam read hers, I thought about the responsibility that I had as a husband and a father. How I live my life can either reflect light on my family or keep them in darkness. It is a huge responsibility and a difficult one, but that doesn't mean it is any less mine.

All of us that follow Christ, whether we are a father, mother, teacher or friend, bear the responsibility of shedding the light of Christ on those around us with whom we have influence.

Jesus told us that we are light givers. Our job is to shine that light around us through our good works and then have other people glorify God because of them.

We have to always keep in mind that God is the source and reason for the light. It's not us. We can only reflect the light that He shines into our life. And the reason he shines that light is that we would reflect it for others and they would glorify Him.