This Little Light of Mine

Luke 8:15-16 “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.

 

I love teaching the children’s song “This Little Light of Mine” to sweet little cherubs with chubby fingers.  They love to master it and are happy to swing those pointers and sing those words at an early age.  Should we “hide them under a bushel”? They shout “NO” with an air of determination and commitment.  Unfortunately we get older and less enthusiastic about our light being visible to a lost world.  This verse tells us that those who have heard the word with a noble and good heart patiently bear fruit.  Don’t be too hard on yourself when you feel as though you stumble over the same things over and over.  I remember when my Dad accepted Christ and confided in my mother that he didn’t know if he could walk the walk.  My encouragement to them both was that God doesn’t expect instant maturity.  We walk one day and when we get out of bed in the morning we pray for strength to walk the next.  We let our light shine which exposes all of us…our failures and victories….for all the world to see.  They notice not our instant success but that we walk in patience with good and noble hearts.