Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Light in the darkness
Darkness.
I'm a fan of the TV Show Supernatural. In the 2015-16 Season Sam, Dean, and really the rest of the world - God himself included, found themselves battling "The Darkness." In the first season of the Netflix series "Stranger Things," a land of cold and shadows comes into play - darkness. In Game Of Thrones we consistently hear "the night is dark and full of terrors." Our fictional stories are obsessessed with darkness. Evil happens in the dark... what horror movie takes place mostly at Brunch?
Why?
Sight. We cannot see far in the dark. Without a source of light we can't see at all.
My daily devotional for today took me to John 1: 1-8.
"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." vss 4-5
"The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world." vs 9
Christ was/is the light that came into the world to shine in the darkness. And we see from verse four that the light was life, the light of all mankind.
In my last entry I talked about LIFE... LIFE is at work in YOU.
Today, that LIFE is the LIGHT of the world.
The light that overcomes the darkness is not only in you, but AT WORK in you.
The light at work in you helps all of us see our way in the dark. Like friends moving through a dark forest clutching onto each other behind the person holding a flashlight, we hold onto one another as we move through our lives. Sometimes you shine the light, sometimes you see by the light of others and sometimes you're just holding on as someone leads you with their light.
We have within us the light that overcomes darkness, and that light is life at work in us.
I'm a fan of the TV Show Supernatural. In the 2015-16 Season Sam, Dean, and really the rest of the world - God himself included, found themselves battling "The Darkness." In the first season of the Netflix series "Stranger Things," a land of cold and shadows comes into play - darkness. In Game Of Thrones we consistently hear "the night is dark and full of terrors." Our fictional stories are obsessessed with darkness. Evil happens in the dark... what horror movie takes place mostly at Brunch?
Why?
Sight. We cannot see far in the dark. Without a source of light we can't see at all.
My daily devotional for today took me to John 1: 1-8.
"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." vss 4-5
"The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world." vs 9
Christ was/is the light that came into the world to shine in the darkness. And we see from verse four that the light was life, the light of all mankind.
In my last entry I talked about LIFE... LIFE is at work in YOU.
Today, that LIFE is the LIGHT of the world.
The light that overcomes the darkness is not only in you, but AT WORK in you.
The light at work in you helps all of us see our way in the dark. Like friends moving through a dark forest clutching onto each other behind the person holding a flashlight, we hold onto one another as we move through our lives. Sometimes you shine the light, sometimes you see by the light of others and sometimes you're just holding on as someone leads you with their light.
We have within us the light that overcomes darkness, and that light is life at work in us.
Labels: Bible Study, Christian living, encouragement, faith, Light in the dark, The darkness
