Be The Star You Are
DAILY VITAMIN
- Be The Star You Are
Regardless of how much the night cloud cover up the stars up in the sky, sooner or later it tends to just gas out, as it can never keep the stars from shining beautifully. For a moment, it seems the stars are lost up there, but thereafter they pop out from what we termed nowhere, and just continue shining. Far from it, the stars went nowhere, they were there where we last saw them, waiting patiently because they knew they would shine again soon enough.
In life, we are the stars; the challenges of life may sometimes cloud us out, that we begin to lose our essence, our purpose, our meaning to life. But deep within, we would realize that nothing really changed, just a moment of dark clouds overwhelming the light, soon to pass away. And so the problem isn't that the clouds are too heavy on our stars, but that we are not patient enough to wait to shine again. We lose patience so quickly in this pathophysiological environ of 'dos' and 'don'ts', believing that when the conditions around us present a 'don't' sign, we dock and remain that way forever, without a single beam of our ecclesiastical rays to glow out anymore; while when it says 'do', we have liberty to.
But guess what, nobody tells the stars when to shine, only its Maker, and that is why they keep on shining all day long, 24/7, which we only notice at night time because light is of no essential value in the light, but has its greatest significance in the midst of darkness as it casts it away.
Thus, here's what God wants of you as His star on earth ....'Let your light so shine....(Matthew 5:16). There's no parenthesis there, meaning its continual; and so even in the midst of the furry clouds, God wants your lights on. He desires to see you shining bright even in the midst of the haze. He doesn't want you blowing your candles out because the darkness seems too thick, rather He wants you to increase the flame instead, because there are people walking who need that light on their paths.
Hence, at any time, at any cost, keep the light shining, that men may see you...and see God in you, and through you; and in return give glory to Him.
- Be The Star You Are
Regardless of how much the night cloud cover up the stars up in the sky, sooner or later it tends to just gas out, as it can never keep the stars from shining beautifully. For a moment, it seems the stars are lost up there, but thereafter they pop out from what we termed nowhere, and just continue shining. Far from it, the stars went nowhere, they were there where we last saw them, waiting patiently because they knew they would shine again soon enough.
In life, we are the stars; the challenges of life may sometimes cloud us out, that we begin to lose our essence, our purpose, our meaning to life. But deep within, we would realize that nothing really changed, just a moment of dark clouds overwhelming the light, soon to pass away. And so the problem isn't that the clouds are too heavy on our stars, but that we are not patient enough to wait to shine again. We lose patience so quickly in this pathophysiological environ of 'dos' and 'don'ts', believing that when the conditions around us present a 'don't' sign, we dock and remain that way forever, without a single beam of our ecclesiastical rays to glow out anymore; while when it says 'do', we have liberty to.
But guess what, nobody tells the stars when to shine, only its Maker, and that is why they keep on shining all day long, 24/7, which we only notice at night time because light is of no essential value in the light, but has its greatest significance in the midst of darkness as it casts it away.
Thus, here's what God wants of you as His star on earth ....'Let your light so shine....(Matthew 5:16). There's no parenthesis there, meaning its continual; and so even in the midst of the furry clouds, God wants your lights on. He desires to see you shining bright even in the midst of the haze. He doesn't want you blowing your candles out because the darkness seems too thick, rather He wants you to increase the flame instead, because there are people walking who need that light on their paths.
Hence, at any time, at any cost, keep the light shining, that men may see you...and see God in you, and through you; and in return give glory to Him.
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