The moon is a wonderful attraction during the night. Its glow and its phases have fascinated my eyes from time to time.
It was July 20, 1969 when the first man stepped onto the surface of the moon and found out many things about it. The moon is not as beautiful as we see it on earth. Men who already walked on the moon described it as dark and have lots of holes on it, so it is not a compliment when somebody told you that you are as beautiful as the moon. The moon does not have its own light. The moonlight we see here on earth is just a reflection of the light that comes from the sun and with that I came to realize that the moon is a good illustration of who we are as Christians. Metaphorically, we, Christians, do not deserve to be loved by God because of our iniquities.
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” ~ Isaiah 64:6
Truly, indeed that we are like filthy rags because of the sins we have in our lives but because of His love, He gave His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to redeem us and cleanse us from all these unrighteousness and with that we became lights of this world.
“That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;” ~Philippians 2:15
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” ~Matthew 5:16
Just like the moon, let the light of His glory be reflected onto others that they may glorify His holy and mighty name.
