April 25

Although God needs nothing from us, He, in His love and graciousness, extends to us the opportunity to make ourselves of service to Him. Some of us may be called to far foreign shores to serve Him among the lost. Some of us may simply be given the opportunity to let His light shine through us right where we are to those whom we love.

Some of us may do great things to the honor and glory of His holy name. Some of us may do nothing but simple things with fervor born out of our devotion to the Lord. Whichever course our individual lives may take, we are privileged to do all that our hand finds to do with the excellence that becomes the One we serve.

In Matthew 5:16 Jesus admonishes, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” Our Lord declares that each of us has a light to shine, that each of us has a work to do if His Kingdom’s purposes are to be furthered.

We are tasked with the Great Commission that we go into the entire world with the message of hope and salvation that Christ came to extend to all mankind. By so doing, the light of His truth and His love and His salvation shall shine through us. The good work that we do to our brothers shines that light as does little else.