Two friends were taking a stroll one dark evening along the seashore, when they spied what one thought was a lamp shining in the distance.
“Look,” one exclaimed, “see that light? Someone in a cottage on the hill has placed a lamp to guide a boat to shore. Let’s go and see!”
On they went, but they found no cottage; instead they found what they thought was a lamp: it was a firefly. A lovely little light it gave out from its lamp which, as most of us know, it carries in its tail. Together the two friends stooped down to admire the little creature God had made and this 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. Then, 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 says of those who are His disciples, that they 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-03/26/1978