1 John 1:5–7

⁵ This is the mes­sage we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no dark­ness in him at all. ⁶ So we are lying if we say we have fel­low­ship with God but go on liv­ing in spir­i­tual dark­ness; we are not prac­tic­ing the truth. ⁷ But if we are liv­ing in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fel­low­ship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

The Light

Have you ever gone into the base­ment only to dis­cover that the light is burnt out? If you’re like most peo­ple, expe­ri­ences like that make you ner­vous. We don’t like the dark. Scary things lurk in darkness.

It’s amaz­ing how even the tini­est of lights can bring com­fort in the dark­ness. The small flicker of a can­dle can help a per­son breathe eas­ier when deal­ing with darkness.

I guess that’s why I love think­ing of God as the light of the world. Only he isn’t a small can­dle flick­er­ing in the dark­ness. He’s one of those 500 Watt mega flash­lights that exposes every­thing in its path.

As his fol­low­ers, we are also called to be a light in the dark­ness. As we shine forth with the mes­sage of God’s grace, our light also brings hope in dark places. Oh, it might not be as bright as God’s light, but it is as pow­er­ful. After all, it’s him shin­ing through us.

So, let your light shine. Allow your­self to be used by God to shine in dark places, bring those in dark­ness a sense of hope and peace that can only come through Jesus Christ.

My prayer: Lord, help me to shine brightly. You are the source of the light within me, and so allow me to bring hope to those who are in dark­ness. At the same time, remove any dark­ness that might be within me. Amen.

Until tomor­row.

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