Shine

Isaiah 59:10 "Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon."

I love the spiritual side of Christianity, preaching, teaching, prayer and worship. But there are always two sides to every coin. The spiritual and the practical, we must have the spiritual because in order to change a life you must change a heart.

But many times the key to opening hearts is by filling bellies and helping to meet the needs in people's lives. Not everyone is going to stand in a pulpit and preach or teach the word, but everyone is capable of meeting needs and helping those who are hungry or in trouble.

If we want to shine bright in the darkness then God says feed the hungry and help those in trouble. It just takes a little light to penetrate a deep darkness and you never know what one act of kindness will do to change someone's heart and life forever. Sometimes the most spiritual act is a practical one.

In this scripture God rebukes the children of Israel because they were going through the motions of spirituality but they were lacking the practicality. Our faith is intended to produce the works of Christ which many times can only be described by compassion and grace. Helping the helpless and healing the hurting. We are never more like God than when we are giving of ourselves to help others.