Light in Darkness?

2 Corinthians 4:6

New Living Translation (NLT)
For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

Wow, can you imagine: The light that God spoke into existence in the beginning, is the same light that shown in the face of His Son Jesus, AND is alive and living with US. Talk about POWER, LOVE, BRIGHTNESS, nothing can hide from this light. We are talking about the SUN, here, folks, the power of the SUN, that God put into the sky to light our world, we are also talking about the LIGHT that shone from Moses as he had been in the presence of God on the mountain getting the 10 Commandments. This is also the light that was in the eyes and face of Jesus as he looked toward His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane while praying before He gave His life on the cross for us. This is the LIGHT we can have in our hearts, our souls, our lives to let others see WHO we serve and that He and we love them.

The other night I got up in the middle of the night to visit the bathroom. I had changed my bedroom furniture around as I do fairly often. (This gives me the change I like, plus it makes sure I clean the room really well.) The nightlight I have in my bathroom had a burned out bulb, so getting there with no light, and not being sure were the furniture was, I stubbed my toe on a ottoman. It hurt, and still does. I got upset with myself for having to change things all the time. I got mad at myself for not putting a new bulb in the nightlight (I had spares, they were in the bathroom, under the sink, but I just was to lazy to do it!!) But I realized how dark it was without that nightlight. I now realize how dark of a world we live in, literally

Have you ever been driving out in the country at night? I mean out in the middle of no where? Years ago my family and I lived in Bastrop Texas. (Yeah right in the path of that wildfire not long ago. The house we owned is gone, burned to the ground, sad) We owned one acre of land and had a nice modest house in the middle of the trees. It was beautiful, we loved it. We had one "guard light" mounted on a telephone pole at the entrance of our property. But other then that one light, and the porch light there were no other lights around. Driving home at night was a challenge. The roads were dirt, usually very bumpy full of ruts and holes from recent rains. There were nothing but trees everywhere you looked, beautiful in the day, but just dark objects blocking out the moonlight at night. There were 3 or 4 turns you had to make on different dirt roads, and if you didn't have the trip memorized, you could easily get lost. Then, if you made the quest correctly, you would make that last turn into our street and there would be the guard light. You made it, you were home. That light was a sign of things were alright, you are safe, home is near.


God gave us light so that we could see. Can you imagine if there were no Sun? That would mean life as we know it, could not exist on this world. It also means we could not have a relationship with God. God is that light, He is that source of the knowing that: "All is safe, All is OK< there is the light, we are home" Have you ever seen the last movie in the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy? Picture Frodo, Sam, and Gollum climbing that sharp, steep, dangerous climb on that "path" trying to get into Moordor. It is dark, the only light coming from the inside of the gated evil land below them. Higher and higher they climb, they're mission is almost over, but it has become so dangerous, the enemy may spot them at any second. Got that picture in your mind? That is how I picture us traveling through this world of sin. It is dangerous, it is steep, it is dark, the only light coming from this evil world, and it is very dim. But then Sam Wiseman remembers that magic light thing that a Fairy or something gave him, pulls it out of his pocket and "whammo" they can see the trail in front of them much better.


Jesus Christs is that bottle in our pocket, as long as we leave Him hidden away inside our pocket, we struggle, we cannot see, we don't know where we are. BUT the moment we pull Him out of the invisible and into the visible, guess what? Everything becomes clearer. God gave us the Light, ALL the light. The Sun is a symbol of the coming Lord Jesus, because it lights our world. We are the moon because we reflect His light in a dark world. Don't you see, we are here for more then helping an old man to not stub his toe when he gets up to go to the bathroom. We are here to reflect the light, and make this a beautiful world full of His light.

LIGHT, the world would not exist without it, and we as people could not live. Plants and trees would not grow, there would be no difference between night and day, it would be a depressing place. But God DID give us light, so that we could SEE. AND Jesus Christ was born to Mary, did live among us and gave His life willingly, so that we could SEE.

God is a God of LIGHT and LIFE. LIGHT gives LIFE. God and His Son, Jesus, are the light, without it, we would die. So, accept His light, and share it. Because what good is a light on a hill if you cover it up?

Light, we need it, God gave it, let's use it.