A couple months ago my old boss bought some hometown T-shirts with confederate flags on them. Just a few days after he had bought them suddenly there became a great controversy on confederate flags. Because of this he decided to move the T-shirts in the back room and if any customer still wanted them they had to ask for them. A week or so after he moved the T-shirts he moved the them back out into the store for all to see. But after that a woman complained about these T-shirts so sure enough my old boss moved them back into the back room.
This really made me think. How many times as Christians do we run when things get tough? Suddenly someone challenges our faith and we don't know how to react so we hide. We don't want to offend them, so we suddenly go into the dark hiding.
This isn't what it's suppose to look like. As Christians we are suppose to be strong and grounded in what we believe. No that doesn't mean to get into arguments about faith, but that means just because the world is offended my something doesn't mean we need to go into hiding. It's getting to the point all you have to say is I'm a Christian, then everyone gets offended because of who you are. Seriously, it doesn't take much. We are suppose to stick out like sore thumbs. In world of darkness we are suppose to be that light shining showing them the truth.
I'm sure almost everyone has heard this song at one time or another. It's just a children's song that most of us take for granted, but I'm going to share it here because the words couldn't be anymore true. This little light of mine:
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
Don't let Satan blow it out,
I'm gonna let it shine
Don't let Satan blow it out,
I'm gonna let it shine
Don't let Satan blow it out,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
Don't do what my old boss did. He hid something because it offended people. He didn't want to lose any customers over it. Be proud of what you believe! Don't let what other people think to cause you to not be the person God has called you to be. Let your light shine so that other people will see Jesus through you. God's reward for you will be greater than anything here on earth.
