Be the Light

Matthew.5:13-16

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.  “You are the light of the world.  A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.   In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds  and glorify your Father in heaven. (NIV)

 

Thoughts
Here’s another way to put it, “You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in this world. God is no secret to be kept.”

When I think back to my years growing up, I was most attracted to men like you reading this article. Sportsmen, hunters, adventurers, and cowboys that rode rodeo & risked their lives, and especially if they had wall mounts of their conquests. 

 

My Christian parents worried that their maverick, rebel, and renegade ways would influence me away from Christianity, but they didn’t. Instead they opened my eyes to the God-colors of this big beautiful world and encouraged me to explore and to expand my horizons to discover all that God made available to us as men.

 

Most of us are dads, grandpas, uncles, employers, guides, husbands, and friends. There’re young men watching and looking for a hero. You may not think you have much of a Christian testimony, but hero you do have an audience. 

 

Be “the Man,” be courageous, live the adventure, fight the battle, and win your beauty. Get the book Wild at Heart by John Eldridge; it will get you started. It changed my life.

Sportsmen’s Tip of the Day
Ever since my wife bought me a 35-200mm zoom lens camera that fits in my back pack, I’ve been noticing God-colors everywhere. God-flavors that I use to not notice.