Mark 4:21-25- A Lamp Under a Basket

A Lamp Under a Basket

Think about that. Think about how you need light to see. Light is essential in our lives. We can't walk around in physical darkness. We would stub our toes on everything from corners on walls and the edges of our beds (obviously these things have happened to me). We can't drive in darkness. When it starts hitting 7:30pm or 8pm currently, we start turning on those car headlights so that others can see us and we don't crash. We turn on our lights so we can and so others can see. Do you see where this is going?

The Word of God is the light in our life. We can either utilize that light so that we can see where we are going or we can essentially put the light under basket and make it irrelevant in our lives.

In Mark 4:21-25, Jesus uses the idea of putting a lamp under a basket to illustrate his point. Lamps are used to be put up on top of something so it can be fully utilized. I read a great comparison to this light as if the light were a cure for a disease. If you had the cure for a disease, you would not keep it to yourself, you would share that cure and help heal others.

So, now that you have the Word of God in your hands and as easy to find, what will you do with it?

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