Daily Devotional

A young student once exclaimed that the opposite of light is not darkness; but rather, darkness is the absence of light. In Genesis 1 we read, "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep...And God said, Let there be light, and there was light."

God is light. He is a luminescent and "in Him there is no darkness at all." When God created the earth it was without form (or shape) and darkness ruled; there was a lack of complete order. But, from the opening verse of the Bible, we realize that Gods experience with creation itself reflected Gods normal process of bringing order out of chaos.

Before the fall of man, there was order. The entrance of sin into our lives created chaos and God was left to bring light back into the world. He sent His Son to die on a cross so that light could be restored to a world drowning in darkness.

Then Jesus sent forth His Holy Spirit and through the Holy Spirit we are now required to reflect the Light to the world. Jesus does not call us light bulbs to shine in the physical realm, but we are instead sons of a Light that can never be extinguished; and we need to shine forth into a world filled with spiritual darkness.

Where exactly is the light needed? We need to be a light in a dark world, exposing Satan's plans and reveal that which lurks in the darkness. We need to set the captives free and we need to break down the walls that block the lost from receiving salvation.

We also, then, need to be the light for each other in the Body of Christ. There are days when your sister may only have a spark and not a fiery flame; there may be days when you feel that you do not have a spark at all. It is on those days that the flames of our brothers and sisters will ignite a revival in the life of one who feels spiritually disabled. Go forth, and shine your light in the world.