So, we are in Luke 8, where Jesus had just explained on of His simplest and most well-known parables: that of the seed, the sower and the soil. He then says:
16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
Jesus gives another short, everyday, easy to understand story. No one lights a lamp only to stick it under the bed - not only is it a fire hazard - they want to use that light to do something and to avoid accidents in the dark. The light changes everything, including things that take place in the darkness that people try to hide. Jesus then makes another statement about hearing. He is talking about the same thing he was talking about in the parable of the sower above: what kind of soil are you? What kind of lamplighter are you? Are you listening to what He has to say with a heart ready to change, to do what He wants you to do? Once you receive the light and look around your life, and everything that needs to change, you have a choice: start to ready up the room, or turn out the light so you don't have to think about it. But it's not going away. Someday room inspection will come; the Light will shine on it, and God will really clean house. Judgment will come. Are you living in the light, or trying to hide from it?
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