Light in the Lord

“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
Ephesians 5:8

Stained glass is beautiful, isn’t it?
I love it when the sunlight shines through an old stained-glass window, casting a rainbow of color into the room.

To make a stained-glass sunset, many different sizes of colored glass have to be cut into specific shapes and arranged into a sunset pattern.

To assemble them together, copper foil is carefully wrapped around the entire edge of each piece.
The foiled pieces are arranged in the final pattern, then solder is applied to the adjoining edges to “weld” them all together.

God is the master craftsman.
There was a time when we were black pieces of glass in His eyes.
He couldn’t use us in that state, so He gave us a specific color (purpose) that would carry His light into this world…only Christians carry the dynamic light of Christ.

But that’s not all.
He has made us to be fit together with other believers in a multi-colored, beautiful mosaic of His grace. We’re individual pieces in His big picture.

A beautiful stained-glass sunset doesn’t have random black pieces scattered throughout.
That would look terrible, and those pieces would not transmit light.

You used to be dark and lost in sin, Christian.
Now, if you’re light in Christ, why bring sin and darkness back into your life?

Be a bright and colorful conduit for His light.