if the room is dark....

"Christians are supposed to influence the world. 

No matter how dark it is, 

the darkness doesn't have the power to put out the light of even one candle. 

(light a candle in a dark room and see 

if you can get the darkness to overcome the soft glow of that candle.)

the darkness doesn't put out the light, the light fails. 

when you walk into a room, turn on the light and the bulb blows, 

you don't turn around and say, 'the darkness has killed another one!' 

you say, 'the light bulb blew!'

if the room is dark, it's not a victory of the darkness, it's a failure of the light. 

if your office, home, neighborhood is dark, it's a failure of the light that you are supposed to be. 

you may be in the office you are in because there are lost sheep that the shepherd wants to find. 

'But I'm not happy. Things aren't going the way I want them to.' 

Who cares?! 

It's not about you! 

It's about JESUS 

and the people that He died to save. 

Maybe,

we're not happy 

because we're not fulfilling the purpose that God has put us there for. 

Maybe 

we're not happy 

because we are seeking happiness 

rather than God."

-excerpt from Kairos "A Life Well Lived, Part 11" by Mike Glenn