Little Bit enjoys glow sticks. She likes to break them and watch the glowing, especially when it is dark. She is not a fan of the dark. Honestly, I don’t blame her. But the light from a glow stick helps her to enjoy something she does not like.
Whenever we go some place that has the glow sticks for sale, she will ask for some. Sometimes we say no. But this time, we obliged. The glow sticks have been in the house for a few weeks with minimal mention of them. She did ask me the other if I had seen them. I knew where they were and I told her such. But I also told her I didn’t want her playing with them at that moment.
But what good have the glow sticks been while in the package? What purpose have they served? None obviously. What if I gave Little Bit the glow sticks, but she did not break them? They would not serve their intended purpose. I’m sure she would still find ways to have fun with them.
But the moment she breaks them, they begin to serve their intended purpose. They emit light. Not just any light, but glowing light. Unfortunately the light does not last long. After some time, the light begins to dim until it has gone completely out. It is then thrown to the side, it’s purpose fulfilled but no longer applicable.
I think of Psalm 119:105, “They word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” The Word of God is able to light out path. But we have to break it open. If it sits on a shelf unread, it is not serving its intended purpose. Sure it can look nice on that shelf. Sure people can think what good Christians you are because you own a Bible. But looks can be deceiving. The Bible needs to bred, to be studied, to receive the light that is emitted from it. And it is not just any light. It is a glowing light.
In Exodus chapter 34, God calls Moses up to the mountain with Him. In verse 28 and 29 it says, “And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shown while he talked with him.” Moses spent time with the author, the One who inspired the Bible, and his face became a glow stick. The people couldn’t even look at him. Moses had to put a veil over his face.
Here’s the thing, just like a glow stick, the light begins to dim the further we are removed from God’s word. We must continually read and study to receive the light that is emitted. Our paths cannot be lit if we don’t break open our Bibles and use it for its intended purpose.
Eventually the light of the glow stick will fade. Eventually it will be nothing but rubbish. Without God’s word, our lives become rubbish. Open your Bible. Read the inspired word. Share the light. Your light will not go out if you continually break open the book.
Don’t be like the glow stick and let the light fade. Keep your path lit. This is possible onlyBy God’s Amazing Grace.
