Let There Be Light

“In the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ)… In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness… There was a man sent from God whose name was John… he came only as a witness to the light. The true light (Jesus Christ) that gives light to everyone was coming into the world” (John 1)

These verses in the Gospel of John are very reminiscent of what was written in Genesis…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth… And God said, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1)

Imagine at the creation of the world (in Genesis) that all was dark and black and God flipped on the light switch and the whole world was illuminated.

Something similar happened when Jesus came into the world. The world was dark and black with sin… Satan was running rampant. The God flipped on the spiritual light switch by sending Jesus into the world.

But wait… the light of Jesus is contagious (like a California wild fire) and can light up humanity.

Imagine a dark room and someone lights a candle… one single solitary light and then another candle is lit and another and another until the whole room is fully illuminated.

We’re here to bring light into a dark world. When a room is lit up all those dirty, nasty cockroaches scatter and run looking for a dark place to hide in… and so does sin. Most people try to cover their sin. We’re here to help expose it and bring folks to repentance.

Here’s a problem… sometimes we hole up in our homes or just want our light to shine around other Christians. Take that light out where you can do the most good with it. Take it to some dark, dark places and don’t forget to have your Christian armor on. What’s there to be afraid of? After all we have the Spirit of God on our side.