Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we can better understand Him.

They even carried out the sick into the streets . . . that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. . . . and they were all healed. – Acts 5:15-16.

While Peter was exercising his real self in preaching the gospel of the risen Christ, his shadow—the direct reflection of himself—was also busy healing such sick people as it fell upon. Your bodily shadow may be very worthless, but your Christian shadow, which is your influence, may and should be of the utmost worth. It is all the while falling upon some one, and he is made better or worse by it. You cannot help that. God has made it so, that, with the sun upon one side of you and the ground upon the other, there will be seen the faithful outline of yourself, according to the eternal laws of light! God has made it so, that, with Jesus Christ living within you, and the souls of men living around you, upon them will fall the spiritual likeness of yourself, and every one will be different from what he otherwise would be.
~ J. C. RYLE

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