Shine!

When I was sitting down to write this I ran through many verses and the verse that stuck out strongest in my head was Philippians 2:14-15 Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.

This is a command that is given to us as Christians that most of us tend to often times overlook, myself included.  Its not that we do it on purpose, it is just something that gets pushed to the side or hidden behind our daily lives.  Anything can hold you back from being living examples of Christ.  What holds you back?  What keeps you from being the living example of Christ?  What keeps you from lending a helping hand to the people who need your help the most?  There are many reasons for this; time, fear, pride, and this list goes on.  Everybody has a different reason for why they stumble, often times you get tripped up by things you don't even see.

There were three specific men mentioned in the Bible, you might have heard of them.  I'll give you a hint. They were wise.  In Matthew 2, it gives an account of these men visiting Christ after he was born.  Verses 1 and 2 say, After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."  

The Wise men followed the star to Christ, we don't always encounter Wise men.  Sometimes we don't even encounter men at all, we encounter children, women, teens, strangers, friends, family, anybody and everybody.  And when we encounter these people we have to shine as stars in universe, so that we can be that star that leads others to Christ and so that they can Worship him.  So this season Shine: wether it is helping out  someone that is in need or something as simple as sending someone a smile just to brighten there day.  Be the star that everyone can follow to Christ.