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This little light of mine

 

Remember the Sunday School song, This Little Light of Mine?
This Little Light of Mine, I’m gonna let it shine….
Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m gonna let it shine.

Glancing at Facebook postings of many evangelical Christians might lead one to surmise that recipes, cute house crafts, sports, and funny videos are more important than “This little light of mine.” True, we need to not just talk, but walk the talk for our light to effectively shine in darkness. But looking at national trends, I wonder how much of either is being done.

According to LifeWay Research (Southern Baptist Convention), a wide majority of Protestant pastors consider religious liberty to be declining in the USA. “Ten years ago we were talking about who would win the culture war, and now we’re talking about how will Christian rights be protected after the culture war,” Ed Stetzer, the president of LifeWay Research said.

The Constitution protects Freedom OF Religion. But lately it seems revisionists want to change this to freedom FROM religion…specifically Christians.

Why is this? Could it be related to 3/4 of Christians staying home on election day or voting “their party” or their pocket-book over their moral values? Could it be that we’re losing impact on our culture because we have become so worldly instead of more godly? Have we misinterpreted “turn the other cheek” as an invitation to become the world’s door mat?

If we are going to let our light shine, we need to get it out from under the bushel in terms of our actions, decisions, prayers and our speech. We can’t be salt if we’ve lost our flavor or if we aren’t involved in our culture.

Let’s ask God to search our hearts again and to show us how to let our light shine with love in action.

“You are the light of the world.” Jesus, Matthew 5:14

(Based on original article by Todd Starnes on Foxnews.)