That's basically been the #1 song that's been going
through my mind lately since I bought Coldplay's new album, Ghost Stories a couple
weeks ago.
I honestly don’t think it’s one of Coldplay’s greatest
albums, but “A Sky Full of Stars” is cool, catchy, and techy enough for me to
really enjoy it (especially at 2:48 when it goes like: tatatatatoom BAMBAMBAM
BABADABADAM), and I also really like the concept Chris writes about of his girl
being like a “sky full of stars,” who gets “lighter the more it gets dark.”
That’s cool because Philippians 2:15 says, in relation
to working out one’s own salvation in fear and trembling (or in other words producing
the works that are the natural overflow of it), that by doing them without
grumbling or arguing – then we will shine among a warped and crooked generation like stars in the sky.
That’s pretty awesome, because about stars – it’s like Chris Martin says – they just get lighter
the more it gets dark.
Stars are always there, they’re always present in the
sky, but it’s when it gets dark that we actually see them. So too, I think that
in our service towards Christ, there’s a lot of times that what we’re doing for
Him won’t even be noticed by most people, but as we continue to do it, and as
we do it with a good attitude – well, everything around us, all the sin and
corruption and malarkey in this world, it will all just pale by comparison.
Especially as we bring the gospel to more and more un-reached areas, the good
work of the Lord will just stand out in starker and starker contrast to
everything else.
Are our lives really different from the world around
us? Are we honestly making a difference? Are we really shining like stars in
the sky? The truth of the matter is that we are the light of the world. A
city on a hill cannot be hidden, and neither do people light a lamp and put it
under a bowl. In the same way, let’s let our light shine before others, that
they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven! (Matt. 5:14-16).
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