Day 56

Luke 11:33–36 (NIV)

³³ “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. ³⁴ Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. ³⁵ See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. ³⁶ Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

Pray for God to show you something to use from the passage

Read the Passage

Who is in the passage?

What action verbs do you see?

What other words stick out in your mind

Questions

Are there times in your life when you hide the light of Jesus so others do not see it? Why?

What are your eyes focused on?

How do people see the light of Jesus in your life? What can you do better for people to see Jesus more clearly in how you live?

Notes

8:16 is repeated here but this time with a new focus. With the question of how to respond to Jesus being asked in the last sections Jesus is giving the answer.

What do you do with what I have taught? It is not intended to be hidden or not used. It is intended to light up your life and light the lives of others. That they may see the source of the light (1:78-79, John 1:4, 3:19-21, also see Matt 5:14-16) Jesus is the ultimate source and he now proclaims himself so that everyone can see Him.

vs 34-35 Jesus cannot have the light go in you. You have to decide how you receive the light. (that's the eye)

If your spiritual eyes are healthy then you see Jesus' light and it comes in to your whole body. It completely changes you. But you can also choose to let in the wrong things and they can and will corrupt your whole body.

What comes in will come out. You put Good in Good will come out of you, you put bad in Bad will come out of you. Key is your eye. How you view the world.

vs 36- your life when lived the right way will be lit for others to see, you will reflect what Jesus has taught you, and give chance for others to see the true light