*Matthew 5:16

Devo Fuel: {His day}

"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (Matt 5:16)

Reading this passage today it made me think, how am I setting myself apart from this world and what am I doing to please our heavenly Father? Our Lord regarded His followers as a select company who belonged to a different world from the rest of humanity. Many of the religious people of His day were worldly and unspiritual, publicly parading their religion to impress others while privately dominated by pride, ambition, greed, and falsehood. Jesus told His disciples they could not make their light shine by sinking to the world's low level. It was only by abiding in Christ and living under the ruling power of His Holy Spirit that they could rise above the world. Only in that way could they be salt and light to a decaying and darkened world.