I am a Jesus pusher!!! Why would Jesus link “You are the light of the world” with persecution? The logic is straightforward. When circumstances are blessed, you remain steadfast. Everything is working out, giving you no difficulty, and you remain faithful. This ease does not cause the power within you to become visible. Your world is not in awe at your spiritual linkage with Jesus. The world around you can do as well. In the story of Job, it was not until the difficulties came that the test came. Everyone can praise when they are blessed. What happens when you are not blessed?
What an opportunity we have during persecution! This setting becomes the stage on which God reveals His power through the believer’s helplessness. The world looks on and knows that self-sourcing cannot produce singing with a bleeding back in the Philippi jail. The Kingdom of God is verified, glorified, and magnified in persecution. What an opportunity we have amid persecution!
Will we influence our world? If we are Kingdom people, we will! It is a natural result of our helplessness linked with His great Person. We will be like a city set on a hill, not hidden. We are Jesus pushers!!!