You are light for the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Likewise, when people light a lamp, they don't cover it with a bowl but put it on a lampstand, so that it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven. Don't think that i have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened. - Matthew 5:14-18
On the 7th day of Hanukkah I want to bring you this word. In the last devotional I challenged us to be Menorah's and Living temple's for God. Today, I want to challenge you to Let your light shine through your intimate and loving relationship you have with the Father through the Holy Spirit in your life.
Yeshua in these verses challenges us to be lights to the world. Yeshua challenges us to take ownership of our Faith, raising up becoming the men and women of God for His Kingdom.
God loves us so much that He desires more than anything to be in relationship with all mankind. Our responsibility is to show the world through the Holy Spirit's power in our life, by letting our Light SHINE.
Yeshua also tells us that He did NOT come to abolish the Torah, but to complete it. In John we read that He was the incarnate Word that became flesh.
The other evening Rose and I lit the 5th Hanukkah light in our home. A Persian widow was with visiting us who has never practiced the muslim faith, but grew up muslim and fled Iran over 30 years ago to come to America. At 16 in Iran she visited the Synagogue and went to Jewish school, in the midst of the oppressive Muslim religion. She said, "I felt so warm and good when they opened the Torah"
Our great God is still working today through the TORAH until everything that must happen must happen. There is much that still needs to happen.
Shine your light today for you never know when the Persian widow will visit your home. I am glad that we lit that 5th Hanukkah light. Our family was able to shine our Light bright that night and share Yeshua with this widow.
Blessings from Los Angeles,
Todd
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