Like the Night Sky

By: Dan Cole

Romans 13:12

"Man is like the Moon, he has no glory of his own, he can only reflect the glory of the Son."

 – Dan Cole

Thinking about that recently, I decided I could expand it into a more accurate and a pretty decent analogy (if I do say so myself). As Christians we are called to be like Jesus and show His love and forgiveness to this ever darkening world. The day is gone and the Sun has set, it will rise again, but for now its dark and up to the moon to light up the world. And as we all know the moon doesn't have its own source of light in which to do so, it uses the sun's light. This is a great analogy for how we as Christians should be living, emulating the Son, to the best of our abilities, and being a light in a dark world. We're not called to blend in and keep our faith to ourselves, we are to stir up the waters and allow God to use us to change the tides. Have you ever experienced a night where the moon shined so brightly that you could see clearly everything in front of you? This is how we should be, reflecting so much of Jesus' light that everyone can clearly see what lays ahead for them in the darkness.

Unfortunately most of us choose not to do this, I guess we find it easier to blend in or stand out in hatred rather than love. We'd rather walk blindly in the darkness than let the Lord give us light, with which we can use to light our own and other's paths. We refuse to draw close enough to God to be good guides to those still in darkness. We have forgotten what love is and we have become a people of fear and hypocrisy and it has made us useless to God and to others. We have become slaves to the world because of our fear. We don't want the world to judge us or deny us acceptance, or we fear missing out on some grand experience that the world offers. Don't we realize that God is the only righteous and true judge and His acceptance is more important than that of the world or that the world’s experiences are nothing in comparison to what God has to offer. And by listening only to the judgment of the world and yearning only for it's acceptance, we are not only enslaving ourselves to the world, we are becoming useless to God and to those still in darkness. How can we reveal a path we refuse to walk ourselves? How can we show the love of God when we care only for ourselves? And how can we represent a God willing to sacrifice everything for his people when we sacrifice nothing?

Point To Ponder:    Is the way your living pleasing to God or do you live to appease the world? Are you being a light or do you merely just try to blend into the darkness? How do you want to be remembered when your time here on earth is up?