Living in His Light...

Jesus describes Himself as...
 the Light of the World.

It is one of the 7 “I am” statements of Who He is.

Do we long for the Light of the World to shine His Light into our lives so that He can reveal and eradicate whatever is hidden in the dark corners of our hearts?  I hope we do, because if we don’t want that and allow sin to hide in the dark, we are giving the enemy fuel to control us through fear of whatever it is being exposed (John 3:20).  This can compromise our lives and what we do... how instead of doing the right thing, we will want to operate in damage control. trying to protect our reputation.  This breeds deception, lies, and abuse of power when it involves leaders trying to cover up their sin and wrong doing.  It is the exact opposite of what God calls His people to do.  Why would we walk in the enemy’s ways of keeping things in the dark?  Fear.  Let’s not walk in this fear.  God’s way is to bring things into the light, He exposes and reveals.  This is healthy for us.  Yes, it might be hard and painful, but we are to expect that when we are disciplined, as Hebrews 12 tells us, but we will learn, and grow and walk in peace and righteousness once we are through it.  That is His promise.

 

  But he who does the truth, comes to the Light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.  John 3:21