The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 ESV
As we celebrated Martin Luther King Day last Monday, we celebrated the life of a man that promoted non-violence to the people, as they demonstrated for civil rights. Often this non-violence would be met with violence and anger, and at the end of the day non-violence won the day as well as the battle for civil rights.
The non-violence of Reverend Doctor King, I often attribute as being the light of Christ, while the violence that they faced can be attributed to the darkness. Let us all go in the knowledge this day that just as much as Dr. King can be thought of as the champion of civil rights, he must also be thought as a minister that helped to bring the light of Jesus Christ into a world that was facing a dark time in its history.
As we think of Dr. King today and celebrate his life and his ministry, may we encourage ourselves to again be the light of Jesus Christ for a world in which many still live in darkness. The message that Dr. King needs us to still communicate, is the fact that we are all equal in the eyes of God, and that we were all made in God's image.
My friends, the words of Dr. King still can be preached to the world around us. We must remember The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, as we continue his ministry as God's shining light that reaches to every dark place that exists in this world.
This holiday is much more than getting off work or school, it is even bigger than Dr. King himself. The fact is that today is our wake-up call to be the light of Jesus Christ to a suffering world. My prayer for all of us this day is that we will remember the life and ministry of Dr. King, not as in the past, but as in a ministry that is still needed and alive and at work this very day.
We that call ourselves followers of Jesus Christ are his shining light that must continue to brighten a world in which people still live in bondage, poverty, and under the darkness of hatred and despair. Just as Martin Luther King was God's earthly vessel of shining light, we need to be the current light carriers to the world that we live in today.
Shine on today and well into the future.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
