By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." - NIV
People do what they do for various reasons: to impress others, to satisfy their ego and enhance their pride and fame, to revenge, to meet needs and wants, to please God, to escape being caught by the law, and so on. If you are walking in integrity, you will do what is right because it’s the right thing to do and refuse to do wrong because it is wrong. This will be regardless of whom you are doing it for, whether others see it or not.
Jesus taught that we should just let our light shine to whomsoever. Light doesn’t segregate. It shines to the evil and righteous, to the poor and rich, to friends and enemies alike. And that is the heart of God. He gives light and rain, and does good to all without favouritism, even to those who have rejected and curse Him. He loves all because that’s the right thing to do and inline with His nature.
What drives your actions? Why do you do what you do to the people you do them to? Let’s follow the footsteps of our Lord as He commanded us to love with His kind of love and to do good to all. If all people were driven by the golden rule to do to others what they wish done to them, the world would be totally different for the better. It begins with you and me as individuals. Do right right because it’s right to whoever deserves it. God recognizes it.
Matthew 5:44-45 "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Shalom children of God.