Bring Light
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones – Pr 15:30
The picture we see in this proverb is someone with “light in their eyes” – an inward vitality and joy – bringing good news to another which rejoices their heart and refreshes their bones. The gospel of Jesus is good news, “a verbal report of an event that advances life” that brings “great joy”. Below we see that as the good news of Jesus brings us joy, we reflect it and bring it to others. We also need others to reflect it and bring it to us:
If the messenger here is the radiant face of a friend who brings some encouraging news, we learn how important relationships are for a life of joy. So for joy in our hearts we need people with light in their eyes. But where do they get it? Paul tells Christians that they can have a joy not based on circumstances at all, which requires thoughtfulness and meditation on what God has done for us and will do for us (Phil 4:4,11-13). There is, then, a joy that comes only through the ultimate message – the gospel, which literally means “the news that brings joy.” If you believe in Jesus, then you have truly seen “a great light” (Matthew 4:16), and it is inevitable that your eyes will reflect it to others. – Tim Keller, God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life
Who are people in your life that bring the light of the gospel to you? What avenues do you have to see the “great light” of Jesus so you might reflect it to others?