No one lights a lamp and hides it. God isn't pouring into you without the expectation that you will then shine as a light. No, this passage tells us you take the light and you put it on a stand - so that others may see the light.
When God calls you. It isn't about calling one person, it's about calling all people. He will use your light (and your life), if you let Him, to act as a beacon to others. This makes me think of the many works of Thomas Kinkade. (Aside: His work was lovely, but it didn't call to me.) He was called the painter of light. If it were so easy to distinguish the light within mankind as it is in his work. Also, think of how often he would put lighthouses in his pieces.
Side note for discussion and insight from others: Jesus expels the demons from the man. He then tells him to return home and tell how much God has done for you. Later in the chapter we read of Jesus bringing back to life a dead girl and He ordered them to not tell anyone what happened.
Why in the second case were they not to tell anyone?
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