Lessons from Life
By Tim Lamb
, Lessons from Life
By Tim Lamb
Where were you when the
power went out? I was
standing at the bathroom
sink with the light right
above the mirror so my
eyes were completely
unprepared for the
darkness, which came like
“a thief in the night.”
There are so many
metaphors for light and
darkness in scripture but
the pattern they follow
is constant: Darkness is
existing without;
without knowledge,
without truth, without
hope, without love,
without
Christ Jesus. On the
other hand, Light is
living; living in all
that
Jesus Christ is: All good
things. Jesus said “I am
the way, the truth,
and the life.” (John
14:6) And John said of
Jesus “In Him was life,
and that life was the
light of men.” and of
John the Baptist the
Apostle John wrote, “He
came…concerning that
light…as a witness to the
light. The true light
that gives light to every
man…”
Peter says in 2 Peter
1:19 that the word of the
Prophets should be to
us as “…a light shining
in a dark place, until
the day dawns and the
morning star rises in
your hearts.” Prophecy
speaks of a moment, a
“twinkling of an eye”
when all believers will
be changed, and will be
caught up to be with
Jesus in the air, and to
be with Him forever.
What were you doing when
the lights came on? That
is a better metaphor
for what it will be like
on that day.
Jesus is my light, my
lantern in the darkness
that lights the path
before me and I hold it
high so that others may
see. Remember,
darkness is the absence
of light, you can remove
light, you cannot
turn off the darkness but
you can add light to your
life. And one day,
in a instant, we who hold
the light in our hearts
will stand in its
presence:
“There will be no more
night. They will not need
the light of a lamp
or the light of the sun,
for the Lord God will
give them light.”
Revelation 22:5
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