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Original post @ https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/let-your-light-shine/

Let Your Light Shine

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Beth Andrews

I watched as a woman brushed past a display of artificial flowers, not realizing she had knocked several to the floor. I picked up the dislodged flowers and placed them back in their container. An employee of the store came up and thanked me, then asked, “Are you a Christian?” I was a little surprised as I answered, “Yes I am.” She turned back to her co-worker and said, “See I told you she was a Christian.” She hugged me and said, “I thought so – I saw it in what you did, but mostly I saw it in your face.” She darted back to her task and left me standing there a little dumbfounded and very grateful that, at that moment, in even a small gesture, Jesus was evident in me. I was also very convicted of the many moments in which Jesus was not so evident in me.

The Old Testament says, “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord” (Ex. 34:29). Moses absorbed a “holy glow” from being in God’s presence. The Israelites could not help but see the effect of being with God in Moses’ face and they listened when he spoke.

But Moses’ face waxed and waned between encounters with God. The glow would fade from his face after a time (2 Corin. 3: 7, 13) but he would meet again with the Lord, and the radiance of his face was “recharged” (Ex 34:33-35).

Why then, if I continually bear the living Holy Spirit of God in my very being, am I inconsistent in showing Christ in my life. Some days I am “radiant” for the Lord, but other days the presence of Jesus is absent from my face – and my behavior. You and I are called to reveal Christ to the world through our demeanor, our actions, our words, and yes, sometimes even our facial expressions. I cringe when I think of the picture of Jesus others may have when they encountered me on a “bad day.” How do we consistently show Jesus to the world? The same way Moses did – by spending time with Him – in His Word, in prayer, and in worship. The world is looking for Jesus. Beloved let’s shine for the Lord, every day.

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To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…

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