Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven
DAILY READING Luke 14:25-35; Genesis 26; Psalm 19
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a South African social rights activist and Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
He was asked by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to identify the defining moment in his life and Desmond spoke of the day in 1940 when he and his mother were walking down the street of his hometown of Klerksdorp, South Africa. Desmond was nine years old. A tall white man dressed in a black suit came towards them. In the days of apartheid, when a black person and a white person met while walking on a footpath, the black person was expected to step into the gutter to allow the white person to pass by and nod their head as a gesture of respect. On this day however, before a young Desmond and his mother could step off the sidewalk the white man stepped off the sidewalk and, as mother and son passed, tipped his hat in a gesture of respect to her! The white man was Trevor Huddleston, an Anglican priest who was bitterly opposed to apartheid. It changed Desmond’s life. When his mother told him that Trevor Huddleston had stepped off the sidewalk because he was a man of God, Desmond found his calling. “I decided there and then that I wanted to be an Anglican priest too. And what is more, I wanted to be a man of God,” said Desmond.
We honour God by using our position to serve God.
As a military officer, banker, lawyer or politician, let your gestures reflect always the truth of the Gospel. That is what it means to serve God. Become a living epistle that people will read and turn to God; become the signpost that turns men to Jesus. As a believer your life is under constant surveillance by unbelievers. What you say or do may make the difference in a soul coming into the kingdom of God. Live always a life worthy of your calling.
PRAYER: Lord, please let everything in and around me, continually proclaim your Gospel; make me a living epistle, an open Bible that all around can read.
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The truth of God’s Word in the life of a believer is always reflective, the results can never be hidden. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]