Are you looking for some spiritual music to uplift your soul during Hanukkah? This song may be just what you need to refocus on what is truly important in life. During the holidays, when people’s minds tend to get busy with thoughts of good things they would like to share with others or the good times they had in the past, it can be easy to lose focus on the point of remembering what God has done for us. This song encourages us to remember to be a miracle of light ourselves to the dark world around us.
When listening to the stories of how God has worked in the lives of others do not forget that God can use you too. We can also have great faith and be committed to God no matter what problems we face. I get that it is easy to feel insecure about sharing one’s light and think you are not bright enough yet and delay trying until you feel ready. But we grow in faith by practicing it, not by hiding it. “No one who has kindled a lamp hides it or places it under a bowl; rather, he puts it on a stand, so that those coming in may see its light.” Luke 11:33. It is important to invest in our relationship with God so that we won’t burn out when things get hard.
The song says, “Crushed like an olive, let your oil flow, when there’s nothing left your true colors show.” Positive character development isn’t something that just happens; we need to be intentional. “May grace and shalom be yours in full measure, as you come to a full knowledge of God and Yeshua our Lord. God’s power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through our knowing the One who called us to his own glory and goodness…For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with perseverance, perseverance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if you have these qualities in abundance, they keep you from being barren and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Indeed, whoever lacks them is blind, so shortsighted that he forgets that his past sins have been washed away.” 2 Peter 1:2-9
As you reflect on this song ask yourself if your heart bursts with bitterness when things don’t go your way or does it spill out a love that shows that your life has been changed by Yeshua? Let’s try to live a life that promotes light instead of adding to dark times by losing sight of what matters.
