Christ Is The Light

Daily Wisdom

We have been called into the Light and having seen that light to reveal it to a world living in bondage to the darkness of sin. We are not the light ourselves but are called to reflect that light outward, but unless we also abide in the Light, we will lack the power to drive away the darkness even from our own house. The world will pay little attention to what we say if it is not reflected in what we do. We must therefore be doers of the Word not just hearers, Jesus said if any would follow Him let them take up His cross and come that the world may know we are His disciples. We are called therefore to live our lives in the light of Christ so that the world may see that light in us. Do not listen to those who say you may continue to live in the world for grace alone will save you, for all those who remain in the darkness will soon themselves smother the light so that their deeds may remain hidden. Earnestly seek therefore to live in the light basking daily in God’s word so that those of the world who continue living in the darkness may see that the Light is a better way and come.
Jim Haynes – August 3, 2009

"The Lamb is the light thereof."
Revelation 21:23

Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy as well as knowledge and wisdom. The joy of the saints in heaven is comprised in this: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us, kept us, and glorified us; we are here entirely through the Lord Jesus. Light is also the cause of beauty. Nothing of beauty is left when light is gone. Without light no radiance flashes from the sapphire, no peaceful ray proceeds from the pearl; and thus all the beauty of the saints above comes from Jesus. As planets, they reflect the light of the Sun of Righteousness; they live as beams proceeding from the central orb. If He withdrew, they must die; if His glory were veiled, their glory must expire. Light is also the emblem of knowledge. In heaven our knowledge will be perfect, but the Lord Jesus Himself will be the fountain of it. Dark providences, never understood before, will then be clearly seen, and all that puzzles us now will become plain to us in the light of the Lamb. Oh! What un-folding there will be and what glorifying of the God of love! Light also means manifestation. Light manifests. In this world it doth not yet appear what we shall be. God's people are a hidden people, but when Christ receives His people into heaven, He will touch them with the wand of His own love, and change them into the image of His manifested glory. They were poor and wretched, but what a transformation! They were stained with sin, but one touch of His finger, and they are bright as the sun, and clear as crystal. Oh! What a manifestation! All this proceeds from the exalted Lamb. Whatever there may be shining brilliantly in splendor, Jesus shall be the centre and soul of it all. Oh! To be present and to see Him in His own light, the King of kings, and Lord of lords!

From Spurgeon's Morning & Evening - For August 3rd AM by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)