TWO FRIENDS were taking a stroll one dark evening along the seashore. As they turned a corner one of them spied what he thought was a lamp shining in the distance.
“Look,” he exclaimed; “see that light. Surely someone in a cottage on the hillside has placed a lamp so as to guide a boat to shore. Let’s go and see.”
On they went, but they found no cottage, and as they searched for the light, they found what they took to be a lamp; it was a firefly. A lovely little light it gave out from its lamp which, as most boys and girls know, it carries in its tail. Together the two friends stooped down to admire the little creature God had made and its little lamp which glowed in the dark.
How simply the firefly gives out its light; it shines because it is its nature to do so. And, dear young friends, those of us who love the Saviour, who are saved and have the lamp of His Holy Spirit dwelling within us, we too should shine for the Lord Jesus, and without effort give forth light for Him. He tells us that those who are His disciples “are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:1414Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (Matthew 5:14)), and just as a candle is lighted to give light, His own should let their light shine before men, that they may see their good works and glorify their Father who is in heaven.
ML-05/31/1970