the shining (this is not a movie review)

As I read through Psalm 29-34 this morning, two verses jumped off the page and locked arms together.

Psalm 31:16

Make your face shine on your servant

Psalm 34:5

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed

In the Gospels Jesus tells his followers to be lights in a dark world, and these two verses from the Psalms speak beautifully to how it is that we shine as lights . . . We reflect the light that shines from the face of God.  If we choose not to look to God, our faces blend in with all the other faces in this world--faces characterized by shame.  BUT if we look to God, we will never be ashamed. Instead our faces will reflect the radiant light from His face, and we will shine brightly in a dark world.  

May I look to God today and reflect His radiant light.