Light of the World

My electricity went out in the late afternoon.

My living room windows face the sunrise, so it suddenly became quite dark in the room.

Not knowing how long I would be without electricity, I lit several candles.

As I waited patiently for the power to be restored, I began thinking about light.

In no time my thoughts turned to light in a biblical sense.

Light is important.

It is so important that it was the very first thing God spoke into existence.

Genesis 1:3 (NET) - God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!”

Man was meant to live in light.

God created man, but He did so after He created light for him to live in.

Once accustomed physically to light, there is little we can do in darkness.

The prophets of old understood this.

They made many references to light in the spiritual sense.

They also understood the source of that spiritual light.

Isaiah 2:5 (NET) - O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.

Paul also made references to us as being children of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:5 (NET) - For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

There are many more references made to light in scripture.

So many, in fact, that I could fill pages listing them all.

Suffice it to say that light is important.

We are meant to live in the light.

Light is also something we take for granted.

This is easily done in a modern world where we are accustomed to simply turning on a switch.

Spiritual light can also be easily taken for granted.

Fortunately for us, Christ is the ultimate source of that spiritual light.

John 8:12 (NET) - Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Thanks to the light of Jesus, we will never find ourselves walking in spiritual darkness.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

Look for me at http://otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com/ on Friday, September 14, 2018.

I’ll be back here on Friday, September 21, 2018