Zechariah has a vision of a lampstand and asked what it meant. An angel told him that it was the word of the Lord.
When we baptize someone in the Lutheran church we say "Let your light so shine before others so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven."
There is a lot of imagery in the bible that uses light and dark.
Genesis says that in the beginning was a formless void and it was covered in darkness... Darkness brings chaos.
Then God made light, one light for the day and a lesser light for the night. Light brings order.
We need light in the world if we want to avoid chaos. We need light in our lives if we want to avoid chaos.
The sun is the light of the world; the Son is the light of our lives... Jesus keeps us from chaos.
How does God shine brightest? Through us.
He is the flame, we are the candle.
Burn baby burn.
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