Light Up Your World

So this business about "salt and light" - specifically the "light" part. We were discussing that verse among others in link group Monday when I had what I will call a psuedo-mini-epiphany.



Light does not exist for it's own sake - never has, never will. The sun is a beautiful thing, but it's not for looking at. It makes it possible to look at everything else. In other words, we're not here to simply shine, or to somehow draw attention to ourselves, in an effort to draw attention to Christ. There are those people who will look at you and say "I want what she has" but they're just as likely to imitate your wardrobe as your religion, if there's nothing else there.



What part of truth are we illuminating for others? Are we giving them comfort, confirming their convictions, or just muddying the waters?