My Girls have a glow in the dark soccer ball.  They love to take it into our pantry, shut the door, turn out the light, and stare at its yellow glow. 

One day the soccer ball was left in the dark pantry over night.  The next morning, Ella summoned me to the pantry to once again stare at the glow.  We went in, shut the door.... but no glow.  The ball didn't glow because it had been left in the dark too long.

Standing in the dark pantry, God flooded my heart with this truth.  We are the same way, we stop shining when we are not exposed to the Light.  There's nothing about the natural me that shines.  But there's a supernatural glow that comes from Him as I walk in Him.

In order to shine His light to my family, friends, and other people I encounter throughout my day, I must walk with Him in His light and His truth.  I must spend regular time talking with Him and listening to Him so He is reflected in me and purifying me.

  ...so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.  Philippians 2:15