I have often wondered what it means to shine. And then I read God’s Word and what do you know, I am led to answers to my questions once again.
“25the LORD make his face to shine upon you…” – Numbers 6:25 (ESV)
And there it is, “face to shine”. I get it now, to shine is to demonstrate joy. And how do I demonstrate joy on my face but to smile.
I have heard the saying that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, and where that may not be scientifically true, smiling does evoke a more positive response from others so why not go with it. God demonstrates His love for us my smiling on us with favor and love and I must say, it feels very good to know that God finds favor in me. I know that when my mom smiles at me, I feel so accomplished and as God is my heavenly Father, He provides the same feeling when He smiles on me.
So, how is it that I can shine on others, oh yea, SMILE. I imagine that smiling on others will bring a smile to them. And when I am smiling, I seem to change the feeling inside to the better and when that feeling inside changes for the better, the feeling displayed for others is all the better as well.
The weekend, Lori and I went shopping, just the two of us, and a great time was had as we were acting silly and smiling the entire time. I am not sure what others were thinking about the silly things we were doing, however I can’t help but think that they were smiling watching us chase each other around the store, and have a parade complete with parade waves at the pharmacy, and drifting our cart around corners. I know that the effort expended was certainly worth the fun if for no one other than the two of us.
Shining/smiling on others is the way to go.
When you find yourself in the presence of others, are you conscious of your glow? Are you willing to shine/smile on others? Will you shine on them as an extension of the shining that God does on us?
Trevor's Thoughts 