Connect

A young man from a very remote village came to Accra in search of a new life. He stayed in his distant uncle's house where he cleaned and did everything his uneducated self knew how to. One thing that amazed him was how in the city, one didn't necessarily have to light a match in order to have light. All one had to do was press a switch on a wall and a small 'lantern hanging on the ceiling' illuminated the room. "Wow," he said to himself, "I must take this with me to show to my friends back in the village".
When it was time to go visit his village, he packed a 'lantern' (bulb), a wire, and a switch along with other interesting things he had seen and bought.
Upon arrival at the village, he gathered his friends and family together and shared with them his experience in Accra. Of course he saved the best for last: the very cool 'lantern'. As his family and friends sat around him, eager to see what he was about to show them, he immediately took out his light components. He fixed the switch on the wall and tied the bulb to the wire and hang it on the wooden plank above the room. Standing by the switch and simultaneously pressing it, he finally said, "Let there be light!"....... and there was no light. No one had told him about electricity and the concept of circuits and connectivity.

Our Christian lives are meaningless and without 'light' if we do not connect with the Spirit of God. It's God's spirit that makes us function as we ought to and most importantly keeps us connected to our Father. We stand alone as mortal bodies ( the bulb) and the only way we can communicate with God (the switch) is if we stay connected to his spirit (electricity if you like) and worship him in SPIRIT and truth. That was we can allow the light of our Father to shine in and through us so the rest of the world can see.