Plug Into Power

I was at the Pittsburgh Church yesterday helping to decorate the sanctuary for Christmas. There is a really tall tree that goes on the platform and assembling it took a lot of the time. It came in 5 sections and had to be put together, then twisted and fluffed into shape. There were Christmas lights that had been left on the tree but the different sections of lights on the different sections of the tree had to be plugged in after it was assembled. Most of the lights worked, but there was one large section that wrapped around the front of the tree where the lights weren’t working at all. I traced the wires and finally discovered the problem: one of the extension chords was plugged into itself rather into power. Once I plugged it into power, that part of the tree lit up perfectly.

This made me think about us as humans. You know, we’re a lot like those Christmas lights. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16). Just like those Christmas lights, though, we have to be plugged into power for us to share any kind of light. The problem with some of us is that we’re not plugged into Jesus - we’re plugged into ourselves! As long as we’re not plugged into Christ, we can’t let our light shine or glorify our Father in heaven. Won’t you plug into Him today?