Let Your Light Shine

"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."  Matthew 5:16 (NIV)

These are the words of Jesus, The Christ, as recorded by the Apostle Matthew as Jesus was beginning His Sermon on the Mount.  After telling His disciples that they were the salt of the earth and the light of the world, He told them to let their light shine.  He wanted all men to see their good works and then glorify God, The Father, in heaven. 

Believers are to be a living example of the teachings of Christ.  Once we are saved, The Holy Spirit of God indwells us and we are changed. (Ezekiel 36:27 and 1 John 3:24)  That Spirit within us is the light which shines forth, however brightly.  By living godly lives, we show the world the power of salvation to change us from what we used to be.  We all need to let our light shine, and let it shine brightly.