Acts 5:14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed.
I think we all discount our witness in just our passing by people... I think I see the influence that my "shadow" has... it is not the words that are spoken... it is the life that is lived... it seems I attract the people that the lovely think are unlovely... and the children.. this does not happen by anything that is done or said by me... it is not about me at all... it is my shadow passing by and drawing them.... not because of me... but because of the Jesus in me... which is my shadow...
we tend to always see healing as a physical thing... who you really are is not this body... it is the spirit within you... that is who you are... so true healing would not be of this shell... it would be of the spirit... can the love of your shadow heal someone's spirit? can your words soothe a troubled soul?
Jesus should be the shadow of each one of us... is He? are people drawn to God by your presence... by your walk... by your actions? can people see what a loving God is... through you? when someone tells you they don't have money to eat... do you invite them to eat with you? or do you tell them that you will pray for them? if someone has no where to stay... what do you say to them? if someone has no hope, do you have enough hope inside you to encourage and uplift them? do you strive to make people know the love of God... through your walk?
or do they instead hear you talking behind their back? do they feel like you think they are stupid? do they see you roll your eyes at them? are you mean and hateful? do you see yourself above others? do you make them feel ugly or unworthy?
what does your shadow say about you?
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