God is so amazing. The moments spent in prayer with him always leaves me light hearted after we have had an understanding. Today morning as I was turning in for bed, I took off my bathrobe so I could sleep (Don’t worry, I had my PJs underneath). I had just spend about 30 minutes praying and talking to God, and in the meantime had warmed up my bathrobe. As I turned off the lights and was folding the bathrobe, the little crackling noises came from the robe. In the dark, I could see the sparks of light; almost as if the fireworks were celebrating the time I had just had with God.

I turned the lights back on and began writing. As I was writing about the sparks, two thoughts occurred in my head. We are always scared of the dark, yet the Bible said the light and darkness don’t have a union. The darkness fears light. In as much as these little sparks were small, the glowed in the darkness, letting me see them. If I had left big lights on, I would not have seen those tiny sparks in the darkness. This revelation reminded me of our faith.

We have people with little faith and small brilliant ideas, yet they refuse to venture out because they are comparing themselves with the great Christians of faith shown or seen on TV. We think we can never match up to them.

The good thing is that God does not call people with big faiths. Jesus said, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can tell a mountain to move and it will move. Not everyone is gifted with the same gifts. God has given us all a measure of faith and we need not hide behind big names or figures. Sometimes we tend to hide behind big lights or are scared to let the faith we have shine, because we are often shadowed by the big person that we look up to, hoping to one day be like them. God has called you to know your mission and know how you can serve God with the little he has given you.

If the big lights were on, I would not have seen the little sparks made in the dark by my own clothing had the lights been on. God does not need you to compare yourself. He needs you to do your best like the sparks of light in the dark. They glowed, announcing their presence. Your faith needs to glow in the dark, in the light and in the sunshine. Let is glow no matter how small it is. Your gifts are yours and you need to nurture them according to how God wants to use you. Stand up for your faith and don’t hide behind someone else’s faith.