Be The Light!
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying,
“I am the light of the world. He who follows
Me shall not walk in darkness, but have
the light of life.”
John 8: 12
It's fun to see people switch on their phones’
flashlights and then hold up their
phones at
a concert or sporting event.
A more biblical display of the power of light happens at
Christmas Eve candlelight services.
One candle lights another,
then another, then another, until the darkness in the auditorium
is pushed back as the light spreads.
Darkness can't prevent light from shining. Even the smallest light
can enlighten a dark place—like a single candle in the depths of a
pitch-black cave. In the beginning, Genesis tells us, “darkness was
on the face of the deep” (1:2). The physical darkness was
dispelled
by the creation of the heavenly lights (Genesis 1:14-18).
Apostle John builds on that theme to talk about the dispelling of
spiritual darkness when Jesus came in the world. Jesus said
He
was the Light of the world, then told us we are as well
(Matthew 5:14-16).
Your light matters in this dark world—shining alone
and in concert with others. The darkness can never
overcome the light of Christ in you.
"Never doubt in the dark
what God told you in the light."
V. Raymond Edman
