Moons and Mirrors

I was about to go to bed last night and I couldn’t help but notice the bright full moon shinning through my window. My bedroom windows face the east, so I always get a front row view of the moon and rising sun. But it made me think about our life in Christ. I wrote a post about Good Friday and how Jesus brought us new life but that raises the question what do we do with our new life? As I lay in bed the bright moon’s light flooded my dark room, it was so bright I could have sat up and read a book (as much fun as this sounds it’s not, I couldn’t get to sleep!) but this made me think. The moon doesn’t shine its light on its own, the sun reflects light off of it (think giant mirror). I know it’s a weird analogy but it is similar to our life in Christ. When we truly know that God loves us and take the steps to live it out that love of God reflects off of us like the moon. Ephesians 4:8 says “live as children of light” and Jesus tells us to “let our light shine before men” Matthew 5:16. In the darkness of the world we must take the love and grace God showed us and shine it, reflect it, we must live our faith out so much that we light our surroundings up. Maybe you’re the friendly coworker who helps out the new guy or perhaps you’re the veteran on the team who gives some pointers to the young rookie. I say this, I say next week we take the grace Jesus showed us through His death and resurrection and reflect it to those around us.