“Let there be light!” (Genesis 1:3
KJV)
Light,
something we take for granted. Think
about if for a moment. Without light
there would be no color. Have you ever
been in a dark room? What color did you
see? Can you imagine living in a world
without light? There would be no green
plants, no cars, no books, no stoves or fireplaces, no television, and no
coffee, to name just a few things that use light. Without light you would not be able to read
this sentence. I would not be able to
write it. Is it any wonder that God’s
first spoken words in creation were, “Let
there be light!”?
The
very Being Who was Light (1 John 1:5) said, “Let
there be light!” and there was light and it was not only suitable to His
purposes but pleasant as well (Genesis 1:4 AMP).
God
also spoke to us individually about His Light.
We are now Light in Him and He commands us to lead the lives of those
native-born to the Light (Ephesians 5:8 AMP).
“But oh,” you reply, “what good can I be? I’m just one little light in and ever
darkening world.”
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Number of years ago I took a tour through Shasta Caverns. Near the very end of our tour our group
collected itself in a large underground room in the main cavern. With well over twenty of us in this room the
tour guide turned off all the lights. It
was totally black. It was void of all
light. My eyes kept trying to adjust but
there was nothing to help them focus.
The darkness was oppressive. Then
the tour guide struck a match and the whole cavern lit up. I could see each of the other people around
me, the shapes of the stalactites and stalagmites, the colors of red, yellow,
green, blue, white, purple, etc. of everyone’s clothes, and the faces stunned
in awe at how much that little match could light up the entire cavern. Just one little short-lived match lit the
whole cavern and drove away the oppressive blackness.
Oh
brother and sister in the Lord, God wants to strike His Light through you to
drive the darkness of the enemy away in the lives of the people of this
world. You do not have to TRY to be
perfect to be His “match” for this season of oppressive darkness; He has
already made you pure and perfect through His shed blood. All He wants is your willingness to be there
for Him and He will do the rest.
“Therefore, my dear ones, as you have
always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would
show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate,
carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and
awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of
conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever
might offend God and discredit the name of Christ). [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who
is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the
power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and
satisfaction and delight.” (Philippians
2:12-13 AMP)
