God's Glory Church

“You shine like a light in the world, keeping the word of life.” — Philippians 2:15-16

The first thing I noticed in the city were the gambling establishments. Then there are stalls selling cannabis, shops “for adults” and huge billboards of lawyers who make money on human mistakes. Although I had been to many questionable cities before, this one seemed to surpass all others.

However, my mood improved the next morning. The reason for this was a conversation with a taxi driver. “Every day I ask God to send me people whom He wants to help,” he said. “Gamblers, prostitutes, people from single-parent families tearfully tell me about their problems. I stop the car, listen, pray for them. This is my ministry.”

After talking about how the Savior came to our fallen world (Phil. 2:5-8), the apostle Paul called on believers to do God’s will (v. 13) and to keep the “word of life”, that is, the Gospel (v. 16). In this case, they will be “blameless and sincere, innocent children of God in the midst of an evil and licentious generation”, shining in it “as a light in the world” (v. 15). Like my new taxi driver friend, we are called to carry the light of Christ into the surrounding darkness.

“In order to change the world, a Christian must be faithful,” said historian Christopher Dawson, “because in this ‘is the whole essence of the Divine life.'” Therefore, we ask God to give us the strength to be faithful to Him, shining the light of Christ in the darkest places of the world.

How can you focus on Christ today and not on the evil of the world around you? How can you shine His light among men?

Lord Jesus, thank you for being the Light of the world and bringing me out of darkness.

Author: Sheridan Voysey