Sunrise is an incredible time of day.
The light moves into the darkness, changing the way the world looks. As the light overtakes the darkness, color seeps into the world. What has been hidden is revealed. Light transforms the world.
We have a picture of the world without light:
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. (Genesis 2:2, NASB)
The Spirit of God was present.The world did not remain in darkness.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. (Genesis 2:3, NASB)
John introduced Jesus as the Light:
"In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." (John 1:4,5, NASB)
The darkness did not (and does not) comprehend the Light, God with us.
The thing is . . . we either live in the Light or in the darkness. It is a choice. When we stay in the dark we fail to perceive the Light of God and the life God offers. Thoughts, attitude, words, decisions, and actions lack the power of the Light . . . lacking power . . . becoming formless and void.
There were many disciples that turned away from Jesus, the Light of the world. Jesus asked who would stay in the Light:
Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words (the message) of eternal life. And we have learned to believe and trust, and [more] we have come to know [surely] that You are the Holy One of God, the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of the living God.(John 6:67-68, Amplified)
Some chose to leave;
others remained
and
believed,
trusted,
and came to know Christ . . . the Light of humanity.
Before the day begins . . .
invite the Light of God
to enter your
thoughts,
attitude,
words,
and actions
in belief, trust, and relationship with Christ, the Light of the world.
The Light will transform your day.
Learning with you to live in the Light,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)
