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Sunday, October 21st (Day Seven)

Read:
Matthew 5:13-16

"...let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Reflect:
In the ancient world, light was literally a life-saver. For travelers wandering through the vast Palestinian plains after dark, the only way they would be able to find shelter for the night would be to look for the lights of a city. It would be the height of cruelty for a city to have the lights to direct travelers to safety but to hide them or try to horde them for their own use.

Such is the case, according to Jesus, with the life-giving message of the gospel. It would be the height of cruelty to assume that we should horde this gift and use it only for our own encouragement. Individually and as a church we must place the light in a prominent place and keep it lit for all who are lost and wandering to find.

As a church, we can be effective in letting our light shine before others without a permanent facility, but one way to characterize the structure we intend to build on Silber Road is as a lighthouse. It will not exist only to serve as a gathering place for us; it will exist for those who have not yet gathered among us. It will, in other words, make us more effective light-bearers in Houston. If this truly is the case, it is a project worth pursuing and sacrificing for.

Apply:

1. In your own life, do you let your light shine before others or do you tend to hide your light? If you answered the latter, why, and how can this passage encourage you to be a more effective light-bearer to those around you?
2. If you have been longing for a permanent facility for Christ the King, why? Are your reasons consistent with the message of this passage? If not, why not?

Pray:

1. That you would be a more effective bearer of the light of the gospel in your family, workplace and neighborhood.
2. That Christ the King's permanent facility on Silber Road would serve as a lighthouse to those who are wandering in darkness in Houston.