Lampstand...Where is Yours?

~~~ 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 ~~~ Psalm 132 ~~~ Mark 4:21-25 ~~~

Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket
or under a bed,
and not to be placed on a lampstand?

Jesus is asking one of those rhetorical questions...

you know those questions where you really do not intend anyone to respond,

because the answer is so obvious.

A lamp is lit first of all to provide light 

to a space that is either poorly lit or entirely in darkness.

So why would you want to hide this lamp?

A lamp has to be carried with you.

A lamp has to brought into the space you wish to illuminate.

If you have ever been camping overnight or

experienced a power outage;

you know what it means to carry a lamp into the darkness.

The higher you raise the lamp the greater the area is illuminated.

Jesus is the Light of the World.

He came to illuminate the will of the Father.

He came to light the way for all of us on the journey.

He came to show us the way...to light the path.

Jesus did not come to stay hidden away...

to remain anonymous or obscure.

Jesus came to be a beacon for us so that 

we would not loose our way.

Everything that Jesus said and did was for one purpose...

to illuminate the great love the Father has for us.

We were the children who were in the dark,

but now we walk in the light.

Is the Light of Jesus high on your lampstand?

Even when there is visible light there can also be mystery.

What needs to be illuminated in your life?

Let the blessings of the light lead you

to the Father.

Peace.