SS Thoughts #8: Where’s your shine?

Adapted from an article in the SS Youth Resource Magazine (Q2-2014).

Years ago some men were panning for gold in Montana, and one of them found an unusual stone. Breaking it open he was excited to see that it contained gold. Soon the whole crew found an abundance of the precious metal. Happily they began shouting, “We’ve found it!! We’ve found it!! We’ve found gold”.

However they needed to return to the nearby town for supplies. They agreed not to tell anyone about what they had found. On leaving the town they were dismayed to find that hundreds of men were prepared to follow them. 

“Who told you our secret”, they asked. The reply came, “No one told us. Your faces showed it”.

Does your face show that you have discovered a great treasure – the secret of salvation? Does your face show that you have discovered God’s unchanging love for you? Does your face show that this earth as it is, is not your home? Or does your face only reflect doom and gloom? Why don’t you let God’s love shine out of you daily, to draw others closer to Him?