LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE

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Matthew 5:16  In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven

Why do we try to diminish our sparkle?  Why are we afraid to let our light shine?  Why do we hide our sword (God’s Word)?  You know what I’m talking about, right?  I know for me personally; this has always been a struggle for me.  I like sparkle, I like glitter, I love the light. I love God’s Word.  But to be bold enough and confident enough to let my sparkle, my light and my sword be seen and heard by others, well that’s just a little frightening.

I mean I may offend someone or tick someone off.  Someone may ask me a question I don’t know how to answer.  What if someone confronts me, what will I say?   These thought of fear and the lies of the enemy make me want to hide my light under a bushel basket.  These fears and lies keep me from letting my sparkle shine, they diminish my light and they keep my sword hidden.  FEAR!  LIES!

Darkness for me is scary.  It is something I dread.  When I was little I always slept with a night light on, still do.  Am I the only one?  I doubt it.  Call me weird, call me strange, call me childlike.  I truthfully don't care.  I do not like the dark.  Never have, never will.  The thing I have begun to realize is even though I don't like the darkness, I have been hiding my light and diminishing my sparkle and burying my sword.  The reason this has happened is because I allowed the enemy to scare me.

The funny thing is that the enemy is scared of what I have within me.  You see I do not live in darkness; I live in the light of Jesus Christ.  I have the Holy Spirit of the Living God living inside of me. I have the Word of God (a sword) at my fingertips. I have my sparkle, which is the uniqueness God created me with. So if I have my sword, and if I have the Holy Spirit, and if I have my sparkle (my uniqueness) than darkness cannot diminish the light of Jesus Christ, unless I allow it to.  Unfortunately, I have allowed the darkness to speak to me for way too long.  I have listened to the lies and fears of the enemy to influence me.

Me, a woman who knows better.  Me a woman who has read the Word of God.  Me a woman who has read countless books on who I am in Christ.  I am human and there are times I fall victim to the lies and fears that are not real.  I know I am not the only one.  That is why I have changed the name of this blog and the description of it.  Oh I am still a Jesus girl on a journey, but I am picking up my sword, renewing the Holy Spirit in me and shining up my sparkle.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Jesus Christ came to give us a full and happy life.  He came to bring light to our lives and remove the darkness from our hearts.  He came to set the captives free.  He came to bring sight to the blind.  He came to heal the lame.  We are the only example of Jesus some people will see.  If we do not let our light shine, if we do not continue to sparkle, if we bury our swords and do not allow the Holy Spirit work in us and through us, how will others ever know who Jesus really is and what He can do for them?  We may be the only Jesus people see.

I am raising up my sword, the Word of God, and I am armed and ready to do battle with the devil.  I will no longer allow him to steal my sword, destroy my spirit or kill my sparkle.  When we hide our sparkle, there are people who may never experience Jesus through us.  When we allow our spirit to be destroyed, there is someone who may never hear Jesus through us.  When we allow our sparkle to be killed, there is someone who may never see Jesus through us. 

Raise up your sword (the Word of God)!

Renew the Holy Spirit inside of you!

Dazzle up your sparkle!

Let your light shine!