Let Your Light So Shine

As Christ followers, our lives should be based on His precepts which are espoused in His Word. Looking at the decisions we’ve made with our lives, we should be able to see them backed up by Scripture, if our goals are to obey Him, and bring pleasure to His heart. 

Ask God, then to reveal to you what those Scriptures are which exemplify your life, lived to His glory. Write them down. If there are none, and you discover you have been living your life based on what you want, or what the world and others tell you, repentance would be at hand. Turning from our former selfish lives, is always something we can do, if we are claiming to follow Jesus, and bring glory to our Father. If, however, you find that the life you are living is the life that honors Him, praise God, because it has only been lived through our decisions that have been empowered by His Spirit!!! 

For example, one Scripture that you may live by is “True religion is this-to take care of the widows and orphans, and to remain in spotted by the world.”-James 1:27. You could support a mission that takes care of widows and orphans, or you could do that in your own circle of family or friends. You may also be careful to not do as the world does in their values, actions and behavior; those things that may “spot” you. 

If we say we love Him, we need to keep His commandments. Otherwise, the Word of God, and God, Himself, is blasphemed. God’s desire and pleasure is to be glorified through the lives of His people.