Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
November 20. 2024: SOAP #5466: Matthew 5-7

SCRIPTURE:  Matthew (NIV) 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 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.  16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

OBSERVATION:   One does not clean a lamp, put oil in the lamp, trim the wick, light the lamp then hide it away in a closet.  No, they put it where it can fulfill its purpose.   Its purpose is to give light, to reveal what is hidden in darkness, to make things visible, to enable us to walk without stumbling over things we cannot see. 

APPLICATION:  That is why God has each of us where we are.  He wants people to see us!  He wants people to see how He lives in our circumstances.  (He is living in us!  His Spirit is leading us in our daily lives!)  God wants the people who live in our area of the world to have an example of how to live as a victorious believer in our town/neighborhood!  So, He set us where people can see us!   He washed us in His sin-cleansing blood; He put the Holy Spirit within us; no wonder people sometimes take a second look at us. 

PRAYER:  Jesus, let the light that people see in our lives be the light of your presence.  When people take a second look at my life, may they see you more clearly.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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