Reflected Light

December 8

Some decades back there was a television show that presented the quandary of a surgeon in the 1800s who had to perform a vital operation at night. The frontier home was without electricity so his task was complicated by the necessity of attempting to do it in dimly lit candlelight.

To overcome the challenge posed to him by both the urgency of the procedure and the conditions under which it had to be performed, the surgeon sent word to all the neighbors round about requesting that they bring their mirrors to the home of the patient so the doctor would have sufficient light in which to do his healing work.

The work of the Christian who would evangelize the lost and dying world around him also requires light. In I John 1:5-7, the beloved apostle says, “Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you: God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with God but continue in the dark, we are liars and do not follow truth, but if we live in the light as God is in the light, we can fellowship with each other, for Jesus’ blood cleanses us from sin.”

When we are truly blood-bathed and washed free of sin, the light of the Lord will be reflected gloriously from our surrendered lives. We will be able to overcome the challenges of the darkness around us, for those whose lives are influenced by ours will see His salvation revealed in the light of the Lord Jesus as He reflects Himself—His truth, His hope, His joy, His love, and the power of His transforming WORD—from the mirror of our lives.