Be The LightSample

Glow Stick

Glow sticks are extremely cool. They have a way of illuminating the dark areas with loads of fluorescent colors. The vibrancy of the stick is hard to go unnoticed in any room that lacks light. Yet the coolest part of the glow stick isn’t so much the color that it exudes, but the process to get it lit. Before any glow stick can be lit, it must be broken.

In order for us to become a visible light in a dark world, we must be broken.

Now, I’m not saying that some ACME-type anvil has to fall on you to break you, but more so being torn within our spirit over the areas in our lives that aren’t pleasing to God.

Coming to Jesus with a broken spirit is all about recognizing our flaws and need to depend on Him daily as well as allowing Him to reflect His light in the darkest parts of the world we live in.

The Apostle Paul reminds the church in Corinth that we shouldn’t just be sorry about our actions that keep us away from God, but we should turn away from them and turn to Him for guidance.

Your ability to present yourself broken before the Lord is the catalyst that ignites the light within you to illuminate every dark corner in your world.

What are some things in your life that are keeping your light from shining as bright as it should? Could it be pride that is telling you that you’re good? Is it your circle of influence that may be holding you back? Whatever it is, if we are unable to be broken before God, we will be unable to experience all that He has to offer to us.

Today be like a glow stick and break yourself before the Lord in order to shine bright.

1. How can you become “broken” before the Lord today?

2. How can your brokenness not just have an effect on you, but also on your circle of friends, family, peers, and even your community?

3. PRAY: Lord, today I recognize that I don’t have life figured out. I’m sorry if there is anything in my life that is hindering me from fully experiencing you, but today I exchange my sorrow for your grace and love. Help me shine bright in my home, school and workplace. AMEN!