I need your help!

I need help on a blog I am putting together!

“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)

I am working on a blog that I probably won’t publish for a week or two, but when I was putting down some thoughts this morning, I was struck by what this sentence actually says. In my mind I had sort of shortened it to be something like - Do good works so people will praise God.

But as I typed those words the bounced right back off the page at me. Jesus did not say “do good works so men glorify God,” at least not here. Rather the structure is similar to this sentence: Shine the flashlight on the fuse box (ok, breaker box – is my age showing?) so we can light up the room. I am using this sentence as an example for construct, not necessarily a metaphor, but we could probably have some fun with that as a metaphor too.

Here is where I am looking for help: What does it mean to allow YOUR light to shine exposing YOUR good deeds and causing men to praise YOUR Father in heaven?

Anyone want to shine some light on this for us?

Thanks a ton for weighing in. I bet if we all put our heads together we will each hear from God, and get some LIGHT.

If you don’t have the ability to add comments here, post to my facebook account and I will post here so we can all share the insights in one place.

Again, Thanks for joining the discussion.

Ben