Being the Light

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

As we finish our week on Light, today we’ll explore our calling to be the light. What’s beautiful about this call is that the pressure if off. We have so many misconceptions about what God requires of us, and he is not the task master we so often mistake him for. May you be encouraged today to live out your calling as the light of world, free from the weight of the world.

Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 5:14, and today's worship is I Will Wait by David Leonard.

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0:00.0	As we finish our week on light, today we'll explore our calling to be the light.
0:09.8	What's beautiful about this call is that the pressure is off.
0:14.3	We have so many misconceptions about what God requires of us, and He is not the taskmaster we so often mistaken for.
0:23.5	May you be encouraged today to live out your calling as the light of the world, free from the
0:29.1	weight of the world. Welcome to the first of teen podcast. Our verse of today comes from Matthew 5, verse 14.
0:51.3	Scripture says, you are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
1:01.4	The heart of our Heavenly Father is to partner with us in seeing the light of his kingdom
1:06.9	advance to every dark corner of the earth. Why he, in his perfect wisdom, has chosen to use us,
1:15.3	baffles me. But his desire to co-labor with us is the truth of Scripture. God has called us
1:23.1	to be the light shining into the darkness of others' lives in love.
1:28.3	Jesus said it this way in Matthew 5, 14 through 16.
1:33.3	You are the light of the world.
1:36.3	A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
1:39.3	Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket,
1:43.3	but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
1:47.0	In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works
1:53.0	and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
1:58.0	For a long time, I considered myself incapable of giving light to all in the house.
2:05.1	I know my weaknesses all too well.
2:08.3	I see the darkness in my life.
2:11.2	How can I give light to anyone?
2:14.2	You see, I thought the light was supposed to give was the light of my own perfection.
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