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Jesus said,
"I am the light of the world.”
(John 8:12)

Light is energy-pure energy. The greatest natural source of light is the sun. The sun radiates more energy in one second than man has used since the beginning of civilization. In one second, a typical quasar throws out enough energy to supply all the earth’s electrical needs for billions of years[i]

When God said, “Let there be light,” there was light. There was no pause, there was no delay, there was only a universal response. The Apostle John said that “in Him was life, and the life was the Light of men” (John 1:4). Life and light work together intimately. The sun's light ultimately provides energy for everything we have on earth. Green plants, through photosynthesis, convert light energy into stored energy. When we eat the plant, we are consuming energy that was once light. We cannot escape the power and energy of light.

Interestingly, the New Testament proclaims that all power and authority belong to Jesus. One of the translations for the word power is energy. Just as the sun's light is the physical source of our energy, Jesus Christ is the true source of our spiritual life and energy.


Meditate on the following passage:

“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.” (Hebrews 1:1-4 NASB)


Ponder...
What are some things this passage tells us about Jesus?




How could it be that Jesus is a better reflection of God's glory than all the stars in the universe?

“The question from agnosticism is,
Who turned on the lights?
The question from faith is,Whatever for?
ANNIE DILLARD
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

[i] Tan, P. L. 1996, c1979.