There was a girl who worked in a factory and she became very frustrated by the words and actions of her co-workers. One day she went to her pastor for some help and began to tell him how difficult it was for her to work with so many non-Christians. "Pastor," she said, "you just don't know how hard it is to go to work on Monday morning and hear all the stories about the partying that took place over the weekend."

            The pastor replied, "Where do you place lights?"

            The girl, barely hearing his question, pressed on saying, "and you can't imagine how hard it is working with people who cuss and smoke all day!"

            "Where do you place lights?" he questioned again.

            This time the girl hesitated with a puzzled look on her face and then continued on. "Pastor, you couldn't possibly know what it is like to work around people that are so anti- the things of God and the teaching of His Word."

            Again the pastor challenged the girl, "Where do you place lights?"

            This time the girl stopped in frustration and responded, "Well, I don't know where you place lights--- in dark places, I guess!" The words had barely left her lips when it hit her and she understood the point the pastor was making. She was to be God's light in the factory where she worked. She left her meeting with the pastor that day with a new vision burning in her heart for what she could do to reach her co-workers for Christ. Over the next several months she led nine of them into a faith relationship with the Lord.

            What's the point... we need to love our neighbors, co-workers, classmates, friends enough to share Jesus with them. We need to realize we have been placed, on assignment from God, at our school, at our job, in our neighborhood, etc. to be a light in the darkness! We must take what we learn in the church and what we have experienced first-hand about His forgiveness and love and share it with the world around us. We must Love Enough to Share!

            Know this... you will never share with someone whom God does not love. You will never share with someone whom God has not dealt. You will never share with someone who would not be better off as a Christian. You will never fail as a witness for Christ when you lovingly and faithfully share Him with others.