The Light That Shines

 "All we want in Christ, we shall find in Christ. If we want little, we shall find little. If we want much, we shall find much; but if, in utter helplessness, we cast our all on Christ, He will be to us the whole treasury of God."

Henry Benjamin Whipple, 1822-1901

 

 

"Light is a figure of speech for God Himself or for His divine presence."

International Sunday School Lessons, Winter 2021-2022 

 

Only those who have surrendered their life to Christ knows Jesus' light. In God's supernatural way He instills light into our souls and we see through eyes of faith. It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't trusted in Christ.

This is one of the reasons we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ. Without His light, we cannot see life in God's world. We only see through darkness, and darkness comes from Satan.

God's light awakens the beauty of all things created and all things experienced. Ask any Christian, and in our feeble way of explanation, we can only say: everything is different now. Our minds have been ingrained with super natural power to see God's light, Jesus, and we're never the same.

Sounds kind of weird, perhaps, if you've never experienced it. You are wakened from a deep sleep of darkness into the pleasant brilliance of light upon your life.

 

Just one candle lights darkness. You can't snuff it out or hide it. It's alive inside you bursting to come out and brighten the world.

That's what Jesus does. He brings light into your life that stimulates everything about you. It excites you. It inspires you. It encourages you. You know your life is changed.

 

"You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light."

Psalm 18:28

The light of life. Find it. Search for it. Don't give up until you surrender to the Son of God. 

Celebrating Christmas is much more than "have a merry Christmas." It's being thankful for God's gift to man. It's being changed inside to glow the love of Christ. 

 

Do you know the Light of the World? Have you read for yourself His Word? Or do you just listen to friends who aren't interested in knowing God's Son?

It's real. It's true. Be awakened to God. I can promise you, you'll never be the same. Your life will become a light too.

 

 "An unlit candle gives no light, only when burning is it shining bright."

Helen Steiner Rice, 1900-1981