Helping the World on to God

by Charles R. Swindoll

Let your light shine before men in

such a way that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

[The world] will see "your good works," Jesus said.

Like what?

They will hear your courtesy.

They will detect your smile.

They will notice that you stop to thank them.

They will hear you apologize when you are wrong.

They will see you help them when they are struggling.

They will notice that you are the one who stopped along the road and gave them a hand.

They will see every visible manifestation of Christ's life being normally lived out through you. They will see all that and they will "glorify your Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). . . .

We are the ones who help the world on to God.