2月21日
标 题： 你们是光
经 节： 你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父。（马太福音五章16节）
光照在黑暗中的果效，是绝对不会被看错的。光是清清楚楚、毫不害羞地宣布自己的存在。并且，光有力地驱散黑暗。神渴望以祂的光充满你，祂要你在生活中闪耀出祂的同在与祂的大能的见证，好叫你周遭人们的黑暗，能被神荣耀的大光替换。然而，如果你注意到自己周围的世界愈来愈黯淡，不要归咎于黑暗！黑暗只是忠实地尽它的本分。光是惟一矫正黑暗的办法。如果世界愈来愈黯淡，问题绝对不是黑暗的本身，而是没有光。耶稣说，祂的门徒应该作“世界的光”（马太福音五：14）。让神的光借着你闪耀，驱散黑暗。这是何等威严的责任！在宣告祂自己的到来，耶稣说：“那坐在黑暗里的百姓看见了大光；坐在死荫之地的人有光发现照着他们 。”（马太福音四：16）耶稣降临地上是不容忽视的，黑暗被驱散！耶稣所到之处，神的真理大胆地被宣告，人们得医治，假冒为善的人被揭发，罪人得赦免。一旦天父借着祂的儿子闪耀出祂的荣光，这世界不再相同了。这世界是否也因为你而不再相同？你的家是否发射出耶稣同在的光芒，照耀你的社区？当神的光毫无阻碍地借着你的生命闪耀，你周围的黑暗将被驱散。
You
Are Light
Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)
There is no mistaking the effect of light
upon a darkened place. Light boldly and unabashedly announces its presence and
vigorously dispels darkness. God’s desire is to fill you with His light. He
wants you to shine as a brilliant testimony of His presence and power in your
life, so that the darkness in the lives of those around you will be displaced
by the light of God’s glory.
If, however, you notice the world around
you becoming darker and darker, don’t blame the darkness! It is simply doing
what darkness does. The only remedy for darkness is light. If the world is
becoming darker, the problem is not with the darkness. The problem is with the
light. Jesus said His disciples should be the “light of the world” (Matt.
5:14). What an awesome responsibility—to be the ones through whom God would
shine His divine light and dispel the darkness from around others! In
announcing His own coming, Jesus said, “The people who sat in darkness have
seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death.
Light has dawned” (Matt. 4:16).
There was no ignoring Jesus’ arrival upon
earth! Darkness was dispelled! Everywhere Jesus went, God’s truth was boldly
proclaimed, people were healed, hypocrisy was exposed, and sinners found
forgiveness. The world was never the same once the Father introduced His light
through His Son. Can that be said of you as well? Do your coworkers recognize
the light that is within you? Does the presence of Christ radiate from your
home into your community? When God’s light is allowed to shine unhindered
through your life, the darkness around you will be dispelled.
