How and Why God Wants YOU To Be Seen

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 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."  Matthew 5:14-15

When Jesus came on the scene, it was obvious to all that His purpose was divine.  From His birth, to His baptism, throughout His ministry on earth, His death, resurrection, and ascension, Jesus' life could not be hidden.  And a Christians, neither should ours. 

How can our lives undeniably give God glory?

Intentionally.
We intend it.
We make it our aim to speak and act in a way that draws attention to God.

This is what Jesus meant by "the town built on a hill," and people putting their lamps in conspicuous places.  Look at the city on the hill!  The lamp lights the whole house.  Neither can be ignored.
Christ couldn't be ignored.

Christians, we who are Christ like, should not be able to be ignored.

Why?
Why does God WANT you to be seen?

Jesus said God wants you to be seen for His glory, that people will honor and praise God based on seeing your bright shining life.

The world needs to see Jesus, but more specifically, the people in your life need to see you reflecting Jesus. 

How will they see Him? 

According to Jesus, you display your good deeds so that they cannot be hidden, but they are completely seen wherever you are, just as a bright lamp is deliberately placed in a room to light up the whole room.

What good deeds are Jesus talking about?  What shines so brightly when you do it that people see it and praise God?  Before He told them to let their lights sine, Jesus told  His followers in His sermon on the mount something that you can apply today. You can focus on doing this one thing because it inherently draws attention to you as a child of God, according to Jesus.  By doing it, by deliberately and intentionally doing it, people will see this good deed and glorify your Father in heaven:

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.  Matthew 5:9

There it is.  There is a way you can let your light shine today.  You can put yourself in a position where you are a peacemaker.  Whether there is a conflict to resolve between two people arguing, or whether you simply make the room feel peaceful by simply coming in with a prayerful and peaceful attitude from the Spirit of Peace, if you choose to deliberately be a peace maker in the name of Jesus, you will be called a child of God, drawing attention to God, letting your light shine before men and women.  No one will be able to ignore you, just as a bright lamp cannot be ignored.

How does God want you to be seen?  By you deliberately putting yourself in a position to draw attention to God whom you serve, so much so that it is impossible to ignore you.

Why does God want you to be seen, to be as impossible to ignore as a city DELIBERATELY built on a hill, or as lamp DELIBERATELY put in the middle of a house to light the whole house?  Because He Himself wants to be seen and known by everyone you come into contact with.  God wants to be known.  He wants to be known through you. 

Be a peacemaker today and be called a child of God.  In this way, intentionally and deliberately let your light shine before the people in your life right now.  God bless you as you do this. 

(Tell me what happens when you do it.  I need your encouragement, and I want to give you mine.  Tell me in the comments section how you let your light shine today.)