Skit Guys- Shine Your Light
This video provides an illustration for what many of us do during the holiday season. We spend a month preparing for the Christmas season putting up lights, buying Christmas presents, finalizing traveling plans, and lighting the candles at the church. As we prepare for the season, what exactly are we preparing for? What is Christmas all about? It's easy to say that it's about the birth of Christ, but what does His birth really mean to us?
We start with the story from the scriptures. In the Christmas story we see different characters prepare for the coming of Jesus. What is that brings Mary the news that she will give birth to Jesus? What is it that leads the wise men to the manger and the shepherds from their fields? In the accounts of the Christmas story we find in scripture, all who are lead to Bethlehem are lead by messengers of the Lord in the form of angels or a star. God uses light to lead them to the one who will be the true light and the brightest light of the world.
He came in the form of a baby, a human that was just like us. He came to embrace us and to walk with us so that we could share in his glory and walk in the light of His kingdom. The birth of Christ is so significant because of the life he lived and the light that he brought to the lives of so many people that day and ever since. At Christmas time, we are all about giving presents, spending time with our families, and eating great food. Sometimes all that stuff, although it’s important can distract us from the light that God is trying to shine in our hearts. When light comes, darkness is shattered. The shepherds were blinded by the glory of the Lord’s angel. The wise men followed the light to Bethlehem. Jesus has come to share his light with the world so that we can share our light with others, but we tend “take the lights down” when talking about our faith becomes uncomfortable or peer pressure pulls us in. Christ's light brings us strength and hope. That’s what we want to remember this season. Have a blessed Christmas and shine your light.
