“No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. 17For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:16-17 (NIV)

I’m sure that when you read this scripture today that immediately you started singing “This Little Light of Mine.”  The older I get the more I realize the truth that is in the children’s Bible songs that we have all sung a thousand times.  And how amazing it is that as a child though these songs we understood the awesome power of God, but also our own responsibility in surving Him.  We are not to hide our faith and only let it show on Sunday mornings at Church.  We are to let our light shine for all to see and for all to know though us the grace that we gain from a Risen Savior.  I have a daughter who just turned one month old and the thngs this little child of mine has taught me about the grace of God is simply unimaginable.  If only we could put all of our trust in God as my daughter does to me.  If only we could show with our actions alone how much we love God like my daughter does to me.  At one month she is fully reliant on her mother and I for everything and if it were not for care and love we give her she would perish.  Its like that with God as well.  No matter how much we think we are independent, no matter how much free will he has given us, we are fully reliant on Him.  He provides for us because he loves us and with out his providing and love we would surely parish.  Even before we realized as sinners that we needed to call out to the God above for salvation he was still providing for us. 

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NKJV)

With all that Jesus has done for us, why is it that we hide our light?  Why are we not out screaming from the highest mountains the love and glory of God?   Why is it that we often deny him and try to do things on our own?  Remember, the God, who rules the universe, knows your thoughts he knows if you have betrayed him or forsaken him today and even after seeing it he still loves you and he is standing with arms open waiting on you to call to him again.