In the Light

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend (overcome) it…the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.” (John 1:1-5, 9)

I asked a man what made his life so radiant and bright.
He answered: "Looking, looking toward the Light."
Anonymous


There is not darkness enough in all the world
to put out the light of one little candle.
Epitaph

There is no illness which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.
Henry David Thoreau

Reflection

Reflect on the following description about Christ. What does the following verse mean?

“But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness
shall arise With healing in His wing.”
(Malachi 4:2)

Jesus is the Light. After looking at various elements of light – its speed, power, etc., how might that relate to us as followers of the true Light? Reflect on that and the following passage from Ephesians.

“Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.”
(Ephesians 1:15-20)



“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”[i]
C. S. LEWIS







[i] C. S. Lewis, Weight of Glory, 3-4.