City on a Hill

One of the things I enjoy doing as I run errands around town is taking a different route to the location to which I am going. I guess traveling down the same old streets just gets a bit boring for me. Plus, I love to see places that I have never seen before. I especially like to drive around in the older parts of town. The historical district and the older neighborhoods with the old craftsman style homes just seem to have more character than the homes on the west side of town.
The other day I happen to be out running an errand and somehow found myself at the corner of Kentucky and Graham. For whatever reason I had never been on that street before. On that day sitting at that intersection I found a visual treasure. As I looked off to the west, in the distance there was an old farm house on top of the next hill. It stands there all by itself not surrounded by anything except trees and sunshine. At the moment I saw the house it was just one of those picturest moments – an old farm house off in the distance with the sun shining just perfectly on the east side of the house. It was a Kodak moment, but I had no Kodak and I had my doubts has to my phones ability to take a picture of something like that being so far away.
As I saw that old house with the sun shining down on it the lesson from Jesus on the mountain side came to mind. “You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden. And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand so the light shines for all the people in the house. In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” In the same way that old house can be seen by all those who drive down Kentucky and Graham, the world can see what you and I do each day. We are living lives which are having an impact on those around us.
So as you choose your words and as you choose your actions remember this, everything is seen and everything is heard and everything that is seen and heard has an impact on those who are witnesses to your words and actions. As Christians our words and our deeds should show the world that we belong to God and our words and deeds should encourage the world around us to follow Jesus.
Love God. Go Love Others.