Have you ever stopped to notice light? Have you noticed what happens when you turn on a light in a dark room? Have you noticed the difference in light at night when there is a full moon rather than just a sliver? Have you thought about how that can apply in your life?
Light eliminates darkness. When a turn is turned on in a dark room, all darkness is gone, no matter how dark it had been. A full moon can brighten the night so well, you can walk around outside just as well as if it were day.
Light bounces off objects and continues to spread. You don’t think so? Go into a dark room with a flashlight. Turn the flashlight on and point it at the ceiling. You will see the entire room light up. It is reflecting off the ceiling to dispel the darkness. That same kind of reflection should happen within us.
When we accept Jesus into our hearts, His light should reflect from us to those around us. If we are truly walking in His ways, His light will shine wherever we go in whatever we do and say. As John states in the next few verses following the passage below, if we say we are in fellowship with God but there is no light, we are lying to ourselves and others.
We may think John is being harsh, yet he is stating the truth. We cannot claim to be following Jesus and act like the rest of the world. No, we must act as Jesus acted, say what He said, and treat people as He treated people, whether they are friend or foe. Otherwise, we are nothing more than hypocrites.
I pray we all know that God is light. I pray we choose to follow Jesus. I pray each one of us welcomes the light of Christ in us and shares that light with everyone we encounter. God is light. Follow Jesus. Welcome the light of Jesus. Share the light of Jesus. Proclaim the gospel.
1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
Marty Pressey 