“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid… Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” – MATTHEW 5:14, 16 (KJV)
Jesus did not command His followers to become light, He declared that they already are light, and simply instructed them to let that light shine visibly. This month, pray that HighCity Church, and every believer within her, would let their light shine so brightly through good works and holy living that many are drawn to glorify our Father in heaven.
There is a subtle but important distinction in how Jesus addressed His disciples, He did not tell them to try to become light; He declared what they already were: the light of the world. The command that follows is simply to let that light shine, removing whatever hinders its visibility rather than manufacturing light that was never theirs to create. This month, pray that HighCity Church would remove every hindrance to its light, compromise, inconsistency between profession and practice, internal division that dims our collective witness.
Pray also that individual believers would let their personal light shine clearly at home, at work, and in the marketplace, through visible good works rather than mere words. The world is not searching primarily for eloquent arguments about God; it is searching, often unknowingly, for evidence, lives so transformed, so marked by integrity, love, and supernatural power, that the only reasonable explanation is the reality of God at work.
Pray that HighCity Church would become such evidence in Accra and beyond, a city set on a hill, impossible to overlook, whose good works consistently point observers not to the church’s own greatness, but to the Father in heaven who deserves all the glory. Let this month mark a fresh commitment to letting our light shine unhindered before a watching world.
Prayer
- Father, remove every hindrance to the light of HighCity Church shining brightly.
- Lord, let my own life reflect such good works that others glorify You because of it.
- In the name of Jesus, make us a city set on a hill, impossible to overlook or ignore.