Let our purpose shine

Luke 8:17 (NLT)
17 For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.

Jesus was preaching to nearby towns and villages when he told the parable of the Lamp. The full parable reads as follows. “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house. For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.” God has given each of us talents and purpose. Those talents and the purpose for which we are to use them should not be put away, but instead brought forth that we might glorify God.


It was 1965 a soft spoken man walked into the first public TV station to pitch a show to convey life lessons to children. For this man to be there was amazing for he disliked television due to much of the slap-stick comedy that demeaned others. Fearing this type of programming would become normative over time he decided he wanted to make a difference. He had a choice - he could be negative and against TV or he could create his own show and give TV a purpose. Fred Roger chose the latter and for over thirty years Fred Rogers ministered to children through the third longest running show on PBS, Mr. Rogers.

Fred Rogers could have hidden his light, the purpose and gift God gave him to minister to children, but instead Mr. Rogers shared his talents with others. Mr. Rogers was a devote Christian that rarely talked about his faith on the air, but you could see his Christ like ways. He would end the show saying, “You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There is no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are." Just like Christ tells us, Mr. Rogers was telling these children they were special, they had a purpose and there was no one else created like them.