Let Your Light Shine

Matthew 5:13-16, talks about us being salt and light. It says if we lose our saltiness we are good for nothing. Salts purpose is to bring change to what it comes in contact with or impact that which it comes in contact with. There is much to be said about salt which I am not going to delve into here. Yet, God is saying that we should impact those around us for Christ. Then Jesus goes on and says that we must be a light. The world is in spiritual darkness, and we must be a light that leads them unto Christ. Yet, the verse that struck me the most when I read this passage is Matthew 6:16.

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

What the Lord showed me here is that our good deeds are to glorify the Father in heaven. There are many believers and non-believers doing good deeds. Yet the question we must ask ourselves, is God being glorified through there good? Are their good deeds showing Christ? Are they bringing people closer to God?

In other words, all good deeds are not equal. Often peoples motivations for the good deeds they do are not right. Often they do their good deeds that people may see them. They do the good deed to bring glory unto themselves. Also, here is not only speaking of good deeds in the sense of helping others, but also in the sense of living righteous lives. We can do all kinds of good deeds, but if don't live righteous lives, our good deeds will not bring God glory. Our goods deeds will be tarnished by our ungodly actions.