In Need Of... Brilliance.

Brilliance:
1. The state or quality of being brilliant, as:
a. Extreme brightness.
b. Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.
2. Splendor; magnificence.
3. Music. Sharpness and clarity of tone.

(Yeah.. i love definitions, especially when it's a word everyone knows ;o)

Think of something u think is brilliant.... A diamond? A river when the sun hits it just right?..... U tell me :o)

When i think of something brilliant, i think of stars :o)

Have you ever looked outside in the middle of the night? Or when the sun is setting, or rising? Some of those stars are seriously brilliant! And really twinkly! I feel sorry for people who live in the city and never get to see them!

In Revelation 22:16, Jesus calls Himself "the Bright and Morning Star." Jesus says in John 8:12, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

And we know that as Christians, we are called to be like Christ. We are called to be lights, too

Matthew 5:14-16 says You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

I Thessalonians 5:5 - You are all sons of light...

Ephesians 5:8 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light...

While Jesus is within me, I am supposed to shine like Him. I am supposed to emit the same light He did and still does.

It's like that song by DC Talk (a little old/outdated, but you probly know of it) "I wanna be in the light as You are in the light/ I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens..."

Or... a little older.....

I John 1:5-7 - This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

That's enough to make a person brilliant :o)