Bringing Light into Darkness

What the World Needs to Hear

At the end of the book of Acts, the apostle Paul finds himself in court. He is defending himself for preaching the Good News Gospel, about which the authorities were very upset. Paul explains that He had no choice.

He said Jesus appeared to him on the way to Damascus, charging him to speak the Good News to the Jews and the Gentiles. God told Paul to “open their eyes and turn their darkness to light.” That’s got to be one of my favorite verses!

I remember reading about a missionary to the South Pacific who died there. The epitaph on his tombstone read, “When he came, there was no light. When he left, there was no darkness.” Man, I wish they could that about me.

When you reach out to your world with the Good News Gospel, you are turning darkness into light. Don’t think you have to be a missionary in Asia like the apostle Paul. You just need to be obedient to where God is calling you and where He’s put you. Whether it’s one-on-one with a neighbor, with a little kid in Sunday School, or talking with someone in your carpool, you are the light of Christ shining in a dark world.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone said of you someday: “When she came there was no light. When she left, the neighborhood there was no darkness.” May that be said of all of us, do you think!?!?