When white light hits a prism it is refracted and the light is separated into all the different colors making a rainbow. The prism has no color until the white light hits it. The prism is not the source of the color; it's a tool that displays the beauty of the original light.
"Every thought, word, or deed emanating from us that is in any way pleasing to God and glorifying Him had it's ultimate origin in God, because apart from Him there is no good in us."-Bridges
God's light is refracted into us. We are the prism because there is no good in us apart from Christ, and we can't produce light by ourselves. I know someone who is really good at serving others, I have another friend who's good at glorifying God through suffering. Some of us are excellent givers and others excel at being an encouragement. I know some who are very fatherly and some who are childlike. Others have great wisdom and are good teachers. All those gifts and characteristics are given to us by God, and He is all those things at once, just like the white light contains all the colors at once. All the colors of the rainbow are beautiful on their own, but even more spectacular when they're all seen together displaying the glory of the original light. All the gifts we have been given, have been given to us to complement each other and use together to create a beautiful spectrum of Christianity pointing everyone who sees it to Christ.
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." -1 Cor. 12:4-7
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