If you go outside at night
and look in the sky, what will you see? You may see clouds or the moon. But if
you live in the country, you could see the stars. Stars have amazed people for
years. They are high in the sky, make patterns, are millions of miles away, and
still shine bright enough that we can see them here on earth.
This year, at Camp YoliJwa, the theme is shine like stars. The verse this is taken from is Philippians 2:15 which says: “so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.”
In one of the classes, we talked about love languages. I have discussed love languages on my blog before, but I did not realize how much the camp verse connects with them. We are to show love to everyone. That is the second greatest commandment that Jesus talked about. Yet, that is not always easy to do.
We all have different love languages, and some are more comfortable for us than others. Also, we will get along better with some people than others. But God calls us to love everyone. He calls us to shine like stars. How are we to do that when we live in a world filled with darkness and sin? How are we to do that when people are not kind to us?
We need to bear fruit. We need to grow in God. We need to be more like Jesus in our actions. In the world there is darkness. We can choose to let the darkness overcome us. We can choose to join in the darkness by sinning. Or we can choose to shine with God’s love and reflect his glory.
What does that look like? It may mean we have to start small. We begin by loving our immediate family. We start by learning about Jesus, so we grow. That helps us know how to love others in certain situations. It may be hard to do, but we need to remember in the world filled with darkness. That means that even if we only give off a little light it will be seen. People will notice and begin to wonder what is different about us. That will lead them to learn more about Jesus and how much he loves them. And isn’t that the whole reason we are here? We are here to shine like stars and reflect the glory of God.
So, are you shining for God’s glory? If not, what can you do to reflect His glory? How can you show love to someone today?
This year, at Camp YoliJwa, the theme is shine like stars. The verse this is taken from is Philippians 2:15 which says: “so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.”
In one of the classes, we talked about love languages. I have discussed love languages on my blog before, but I did not realize how much the camp verse connects with them. We are to show love to everyone. That is the second greatest commandment that Jesus talked about. Yet, that is not always easy to do.
We all have different love languages, and some are more comfortable for us than others. Also, we will get along better with some people than others. But God calls us to love everyone. He calls us to shine like stars. How are we to do that when we live in a world filled with darkness and sin? How are we to do that when people are not kind to us?
We need to bear fruit. We need to grow in God. We need to be more like Jesus in our actions. In the world there is darkness. We can choose to let the darkness overcome us. We can choose to join in the darkness by sinning. Or we can choose to shine with God’s love and reflect his glory.
What does that look like? It may mean we have to start small. We begin by loving our immediate family. We start by learning about Jesus, so we grow. That helps us know how to love others in certain situations. It may be hard to do, but we need to remember in the world filled with darkness. That means that even if we only give off a little light it will be seen. People will notice and begin to wonder what is different about us. That will lead them to learn more about Jesus and how much he loves them. And isn’t that the whole reason we are here? We are here to shine like stars and reflect the glory of God.
So, are you shining for God’s glory? If not, what can you do to reflect His glory? How can you show love to someone today?
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