Our focus today is Matthew 5:16
“Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
It is not to early to remind us of the new year that is only a few days away. 2026 is a call to how we should spend that year.
This verse invites us to more than polished behavior. Jesus isn’t asking us to perform light; He’s inviting us to BE light. Light doesn’t strain to shine. It simply reveals what it already is.
In this new year, remember the Christian woman whose world kept shrinking, yet her gratitude kept expanding. When her family placed her near the front window, she delighted in passing traffic. They moved to the back of the house, she rejoiced in the laughter of children. Relocated again, she beckoned a friend, “Come see my beautiful view of the sky.”
We all have a chance to be this way in the new year. Hard places don’t harden us. Good places don’t distract us. Because, when goodness fills you, gratitude becomes natural, joy becomes visible, and God becomes glorified.
You will never have this new year again. Use it wisely.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.