God's Light

First, read John 8:12, Isaiah 9:2, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:78-79, and 1 John:5-7.

God's Light Pictures His Presence Amongst Us
 Exodus 13:21-22, Matthew 28:19-20, Hebrews 13:5-6
Jesus says, "I am the Light of the world" "I am with you always" "I will never leave you"
Even when the world is against you, everyone is mean, we are poor, we are broken or ill, God IS with us.

God's Light Guides Our Path
 Numbers 9:17-23
God's presence as Fire by night and a Cloud during the day, when He moved - the people were to follow.  When it stopped, the people were to stop.  Easy physical reality for man to see and obey.

The old expression, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" applies here.  We are so used to walking the desert (darkness without God), that we find ways of making it the norm or the light and then continue to march towards it.

Our lives (and this Western Culture) we are constantly trying to make light out of darkness and then follow that light!  We are so caught up in this that we often can not even see the real darkness our forefather's could.  Think the continual downward spiral of TV, movies, talk shows, "reality" programming, even the trash found in most books these days!  The light of culture is not what we are supposed to marching towards!  We must get out of that darkness and into the real Light of God!

God's Light Protects Our Lives
 Exodus 14:19-20, Psalms 46:8-10
God's Light and absence of His Light (to our enemies) can block us from what could be happening to us or around us!  Oh yeah, we will still have disease, war, famine, poverty and our very own special sin natures to contend with - but God is there walking with us through all we face.  Interestingly, God does not bother to explain to us the WHY's and WHEREFORE's of life; He is there with us to constantly reminds us and call us back to Him!

God's Light Reveals Our Soul
John 3:19-20, 1 John 1:7
Walk in the Light, as He is in the Light and we will have fellowship.  But, darkness is where we live.

Comparing our spirituality to others will accomplish nothing and does not matter.  Our light is so dim when compared to God's. we either must flee further into darkness due to our sin nature or we are drawn towards the Light of God!  Sort of like being a moth with really ratty wings - or maybe that is just me and my spirituality.....


The Big Idea: God's Light Changes Everything it touches!