A small candle is significant in a dark room.
In fact, the darker the room, the brighter the candle.
An old Indian fable tells the story of a businessman who came to retirement age and
wanted to leave his business to one of his two sons. He could not determine which
deserved most to inherit his work, and so he devised an unusual test. He gave each of
them a coin, with instructions to buy something that would fill the family’s house.
The coin was small, but the house was large. The task seemed impossible. Nonetheless,
the older brother set out immediately for the market. He soon discovered that the
cheapest material he could buy was straw. So he purchased all the straw his coin could
buy and carted it home. Unfortunately, he could cover only half the rooms of the house
with it.
The younger brother knew that for this unusual test, unusual wisdom would be needed.
He thought long and hard about his plan, and set out for the market just as his older
brother was returning with his cartload of straw. When he came back, he had a small
package under his arm. His brother ridiculed him: “I couldn’t fill the house with all the straw I could buy; what
can you possibly do with that tiny box?” The younger brother said nothing. He took from
his box several small candles. He placed a candle in each room of the house. And when
he had lit them all, the house was filled with light.
One candle at a time, we can take the Light of the world to everyone Jesus came to save.
Will you light a candle in the room where you live?
