Seed for June 3

Matt 5:1616 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.(KJV)No man having lit a candle puts it under a basket and then under the bed, but puts it on a lamp stand so it can give light to the whole room.

We are the lights of the world, a city set on a hill that cannot be hid. All this speaks about our lives being lights designed to shine into the darkness. A candle is bought so that it might give off light, but in the process of giving off light, the candle is consumed, or burned up. It is almost as if the candle gives its life to produce light. We are the candles of the Lord Jesus. As we are consumed it is His light that is manifested in us. It is by the dieing of self, the losing of one’s self, our being consumed that allows the Spirit to shine forth in us. John the Baptist said is like this…”I must decrease, that He might increase”. As I am used up, consumed, dieing, I am decreasing. As I am disappearing (so to speak) Jesus and His light is appearing in my stead. By the losing of my life, He is found in me. The purpose of my life (my candle) is to be burned up so that the Light of Jesus might shine thru me. He that looses his life shall find it. Be blessed.