Let your light shine

This is the third Christmas present we looked at on Sunday.

It's a small clip-on light designed to clip to the sleeve of a running top. The light can be set to constant or flash and ensures that when you're running in the dark you are visible - particularly to motorists.

In Matthew 5:14-16 Jesus says that his disciples are the light of the world - their good deeds will be visible - and will bring glory to God.

Some people would want us to believe that faith is something that is private. A person is free to believe what they want as long as it stays behind closed doors. But Jesus tells us that faith is something that is visible - because faith affects absolutely everything. Our beliefs affect what we do and what we say, and why we do it. So to say that faith is to be confined to being behind closed doors shows a total lack of understanding of faith and belief.

So, as we go into a new year, let us determine that we will be the light of the world. That our faith will be visible. And that the glory will go to God.