Why There’s Nothing Wrong With Being A Cell Phone Light

It was 5:16 AM when I woke up one day in November.

As I was walking down the hallway to go use the restroom, I saw a bright bluish light shining in the darkness of the kitchen.

It was a cell phone screen shining brightly on the kitchen counter.

I couldn’t believe how something so small and commonplace could become powerfully bright in a place as dark as the kitchen at 5 in the morning!

What object lesson can we as Christians glean from this small but bright cell phone light that I saw that early morning?

Let It Shine…

Jesus gives us a key answer to that question in Matthew 5:16–

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

(Matthew 5:16)

Oftentimes we as Christians look at verses like this and wonder if our Christian witness is shining bright enough.

For those of us who are shy, we may feel discouraged by verses like this, because “shining our light” is always associated with talking or preaching to people about Bible truth.

And for the average shy Christian, such a thing is seen as a nightmare.

BUT I believe the little cell phone light I saw in the kitchen that morning could give us as shy Christians–or those of us who feel like we’re not shining bright enough–a lesson of encouraging hope!

…Even If It’s Small

If I were to see that cell phone light shining at, say, 2 PM in the afternoon, I would’ve hardly noticed.

But at 5 AM in the morning, that was a different story.

And for us Christians, the same thing applies to us as well.

During the spiritual “afternoon,” people may not notice our humble, cell phone light witness.

But when deep darkness comes in, people WILL notice!

So, for us Christians, regardless of how small and dim our Christian “lights” appear, we could learn a key lesson from the cell phone light.

To KEEP SHINING, no matter how small and unnoticeable our Christian witness may be.

Why?

Because you’ll never know if your small “cell phone light” witness will become a bright light in the darkness of a sin-sick soul.

A Prayer

Dear reader, if you’re honestly struggling to accept the humble cell phone light God has given you, then I wanna encourage you to just pray:

Amen! Maranatha!