Matthew 5:16 

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven   
DAILY READING • 2 Corinthians 1:1-2:4; 2 Kings 14; Micah 4:1-5:1

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. He was asked by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to identify the defining moment in his life. 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 and nod their head as a gesture of respect. But this day, 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.

What Trevor Huddleston did so impressed young Desmond that it affected his life and destiny. The Priest’s attitude mirrored his Christian faith. His decision to honor God through his actions, affected a young boy, whose life would in turn affect his generation.

We should be living epistles. Wherever we are, whatever we do, we should always seek to reflect Christ and honor God. Let our light always so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven.     

A way of honoring God, is using whatever position we occupy in life, to promote His kingdom. Let us see our positions as opportunities to further the Gospel. As a military officer, banker, lawyer, politician, doctor, etc, let our actions always reflect the truth of the Gospel, we preach. In all we do let us become epistles that people will read and turn to God. Let us become the signposts that turn men to Jesus. As a believer your life is under constant surveillance by unbelievers. They are constantly watching you to see if you indeed practice what you preach. And what you say or do may make the difference in a soul’s eternal destination. 

Therefore let us endeavor always to live a life that glorifies God.  

PRAYER: Lord, please let everything in me and around me, continually proclaim the Gospel. Make  me a living epistle, an open Bible that all around me can read and be edified. May my light so shine before men that they may see my good works and glorify my Father in Heaven, in Jesus Name.    

QUOTE : 

The truth of God’s Word in the life of a believer is always reflective, the results can never be hidden. – WORDBITE 222.  

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