“Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.”
(Acts 5:15)
I was reading about shadows recently, and in the simplest form this is what I found: “Shadows grow bigger as the object moves closer to the light source, and smaller as the object moves further away.”
One thing we learn from Peter’s casting his shadow is that he definitely walked on the sunny-side of the street. But secondly, and more importantly, it seems (from the text) that he cast a large shadow.
Spiritually speaking, the reason for this is the fact that he was close to the LIGHT, the SON, if you please. Isn’t it wonderful that we little people can cast a big shadow! It has to do with our closeness to the SON.
It doesn’t have anything to do with theological training, degrees, education, or one’s reputation among the brethren; it all depends on our relationship to Jesus Christ: How close we are to Him.
Thank God for those little but godly folk, who in this life passed by, leaving spiritual cripples, demon tormented, and sin sick saints whole again. Just the influence of their shadow got many back on their feet feet.
“When we depart this life it matters not if the religious crowd considered us ‘little people’ as long as some at the funeral say of us, ‘He (or she) cast a “big shadow” in my life.”
(rds)
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