This little light of mine...

Do you ever get the feeling that the Lord is trying to tell you something???

I have noticed that sometimes when the Lord wants me to really focus on an issue, He brings it to my attention several times in a short period of time. Maybe it is the same verse that pops up several times in one day....maybe it is someone who is brought to my attention several times...maybe it is a song that keeps playing at "that exact moment"...ANYWAY, clearly the Lord understands that I need something repeated for it to really sink in.

In the last couple of days, here is what happened:

At church on Sunday: We sang "Go Light Your World". We have sung this song many times before (you know the one..."carry your candle"...don't you wish you could hear me singing it now??)...but this Sunday I was especially moved by the phrases "run to the darkness" and "seek out the helpless". I really started thinking about MY candle....am I running to the darkness to share the light of Christ??? Do I seek out the lost??

THEN, on Monday, I found the song "This Little Light of Mine" ringing in my ears from a children's CD. AND to top it off...while doing my Bible study on Tuesday, I came across Matthew 5:14-16. You know the verses..."a city on a hill cannot be hidden...let your light shine before men..."

SO>>>>clearly at this point I was seeing the "repetition"....and I have been thinking about it ever since...this whole idea of Christ's light being evident in my life (and in my home) to the point that others see Jesus in us.

I am thinking that balance is SO IMPORTANT here....it is cruciall that I be sure that my candle is "fully lit" and that the light of Jesus is shining bright in our home.

But is that enough??

Sometimes I think that I focus so much energy "stoking the fire" in my own heart and in my own home...that I do not have the time/energy/focus to run and seek out others who need Jesus in their lives.

Balance. That is the key, I think. There must be a balance. I need to tend to the flame in my own heart and in my own home....but I cannot become so consumed with my own flame, that I neglect Jesus' command to get out there and "light up our world"!!