And God said, “Let there be light” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:3-4
This week the world has witnessed the amazing sight of 33 Chilean miners being rescued from what could easily have been their burial chamber more than 700 metres deep underground. Some say it was ‘pure chance’ that they were even detected more than 2 months ago; but I believe that God indeed heard the prayers of these men and their families and helped their rescuers to bring them to the light of day and into the arms of their waiting loved ones.
If you watched, you will have noticed that each of these men wore dark glasses to protect their eyes from the light. This was to prevent damage to their weakened sight after so long in the dark. The glasses will not be removed until their eyes have had chance to adjust to normal light again.
Today as I read my daily devotional which included the verses from Genesis above, it brought the miners to my mind again. I am sure that as they languished in the darkness of their ‘prison’ deep below the surface the miners all longed for the light. I’m sure they too agreed with God, that light is good. It is difficult to imagine what deep darkness is like unless you’ve been down a mine and turned the light off. Colin did that in Wales many years ago, I was happy just to hear him recount the story. Apparently you cannot even see your hand in front of your face. Not for me, that’s for sure!
Anyway, back to my thoughts on light…… I also read in John 1:4 that Jesus, who was with God from the beginning and vitally involved in creation; this same Jesus was and is life and light. 1 John 1:5 declares that God is light and that there is absolutely no darkness in him. In fact in Revelation 22:5 John tells us that in heaven we will not need a lamp or the light of the sun because God alone will be our light.
God has called us out of darkness and into his wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9). We are no longer people of darkness but it is possible to be pulled back into the darkness if we choose to walk in ways that are contrary to God’s word. Darkness blinds us to the light of God’s truth and dulls our conscience. It is like we are wearing dark glasses.
1 John 1:6-7 warns that “ if we claim to have fellowship with him (God) yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
Is there any hidden area of darkness in your life that you afraid to confess to God. Don’t be, he knows about it anyway but he wants us to own up to it and be cleansed so that our relationship with him is restored and the darkness cannot hold us in bondage to sin.
Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you that you came to deliver me from darkness into your wonderful light. Shine your light into my heart today and show me if there is any hidden darkness and grant me grace to walk in the light with you. Amen
This week the world has witnessed the amazing sight of 33 Chilean miners being rescued from what could easily have been their burial chamber more than 700 metres deep underground. Some say it was ‘pure chance’ that they were even detected more than 2 months ago; but I believe that God indeed heard the prayers of these men and their families and helped their rescuers to bring them to the light of day and into the arms of their waiting loved ones.
If you watched, you will have noticed that each of these men wore dark glasses to protect their eyes from the light. This was to prevent damage to their weakened sight after so long in the dark. The glasses will not be removed until their eyes have had chance to adjust to normal light again.
Today as I read my daily devotional which included the verses from Genesis above, it brought the miners to my mind again. I am sure that as they languished in the darkness of their ‘prison’ deep below the surface the miners all longed for the light. I’m sure they too agreed with God, that light is good. It is difficult to imagine what deep darkness is like unless you’ve been down a mine and turned the light off. Colin did that in Wales many years ago, I was happy just to hear him recount the story. Apparently you cannot even see your hand in front of your face. Not for me, that’s for sure!
Anyway, back to my thoughts on light…… I also read in John 1:4 that Jesus, who was with God from the beginning and vitally involved in creation; this same Jesus was and is life and light. 1 John 1:5 declares that God is light and that there is absolutely no darkness in him. In fact in Revelation 22:5 John tells us that in heaven we will not need a lamp or the light of the sun because God alone will be our light.
God has called us out of darkness and into his wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9). We are no longer people of darkness but it is possible to be pulled back into the darkness if we choose to walk in ways that are contrary to God’s word. Darkness blinds us to the light of God’s truth and dulls our conscience. It is like we are wearing dark glasses.
1 John 1:6-7 warns that “ if we claim to have fellowship with him (God) yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
Is there any hidden area of darkness in your life that you afraid to confess to God. Don’t be, he knows about it anyway but he wants us to own up to it and be cleansed so that our relationship with him is restored and the darkness cannot hold us in bondage to sin.
Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you that you came to deliver me from darkness into your wonderful light. Shine your light into my heart today and show me if there is any hidden darkness and grant me grace to walk in the light with you. Amen
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