Flash Lights, Head Lights, Flood Lights, LEDs

I've often been told that Jesus is the light of world, and I usual dismiss it because it has been repeated to me so many times.  I have had many explanations for it but never have I heard Jesus being a light compared to a flame (usually He is a flashlight or something).  Needless to say I've never been told to grasp the light (or fire) so tightly that I might even get burned. I love this for not only do we see Jesus as a physical light for us to see but also as a dangerous and mighty flame. The one thing that we aren't often told is that God doesn't light up our entire surroundings only a small portion of it, and we have to be trusting enough to follow each small step not knowing where the path will take us.  This is a great, no, it is an enormous issue that I deal with.  I have a hard time trusting anyone unless I know the full picture and every tiny detail in between.

We are also considered to be lights in our own way.  Now our light does not guide in the way that God's does but we still have power.  Each of us have a light, and even though each light is different they are all equally important.  Some of us are flash lights, head lights, flood lights, and even LEDs. Even if we have a huge flood light that affects everyone around us, or if we have an LED that is the only light in the sea of darkness it is still a light.  So even when I do feel distrusting towards God, or think lowly of myself I always remember that even the tiniest LED light can have a great impact on the world.  In fact it seems that when my light is dim, and when my trust is gone I am always impacted by the most unexpected things that help me regain my trust and longing to follow Gods bright flame.