Psalm 34: 5 ‘They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.’

DAILY READING •          – Acts 28:17-31; 1 Samuel 6-7; Psalm 53

In the ancient times, it was thought that the Moon, like the sun, produced its own light. But, science has since found out that the Moon only reflects the light of the Sun in accordance with its orbital position. The shining of the moon at night is the reflection of the sun bouncing off the surface of the moon, appearing to us on Earth as the moon shining. So the light we see coming from the Moon at night is an illusion, it is actually the reflected light from the Sun, bouncing off the Moon. This is like flashing a torchlight at a mirror and seeing the reflection elsewhere.

The moon doesn’t have a light of its own, It only borrows from the magnanimous sun, and simply positions itself at a particular angle to the sun and shines. As bizarre as it may sound, the Moon is actually very dark – like coal, and it doesn’t even glow on its own. When astronauts walked on the moon’s surface, they reported that it was of a dark grey color. and because of its dark color and bumpy surface, it only reflects about 12% of the light that hits it. Indeed, the moon would have been just a dull orb if not for the sun’s rays.  The sun generates the heat and light, while the moon simply because of it’s right position reflects  the sun’s glory.

 In the same vein, Jesus is the Sun of righteousness and God’s living Word; when we align our thoughts with Him,  we also begin to manifest His glory.

The moon shines because of its positioning to the sun. In the same way for us to shine we must stay rightly positioned to the son. We must keep looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. The shinning is not from you, rather it is from Christ in you, the hope of Glory. It is in His light that we can see light. When Moses stayed long in God’s Presence his face began to  shine. It is through being with God in the place of prayer and intimate fellowship that His glory rubs off on us, and our face begins to shine.

Psalm 34:5 says ‘They looked unto Him and their face was lightened, and they were not ashamed’.

Our shining is indeed connected to our looking unto Jesus. Jesus is the light of the world.  And in Him is life and the life is the light of men, and the light shines in darkness and darkness comprehends it not. When we position ourselves rightly to Christ, we contact to His light that causes us to shine to our world.

We can never be able to shine if we are far away from The Lord. It is not of him that wills or him that runs but of Christ that shows mercy. Indeed by strength shall no man prevail. We must always acknowledge that God is our source. We  can only succeed because of our connection to light. It is who you follow that determines what follows you. It is our connection to God that causes us to shine among men. Indeed when you sit at the feet of Jesus, you stand tall among men.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to rightly position myself to you, by spending enough time with you in prayer and intimate fellowship. I know that  as I abide in Your Presence and continue to look unto you, Your light shall begin to shine through me for the world to see in Jesus Name.

QUOTE

There is more to you than meets the eyes.  Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. – WORDBITE 222.  .