Saturday 9 Jun 2012

Saturday Reading: 1 John 1:4-7

Key Verse: 1 John 1:5
5  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Devotion:
What sort of light do you prefer when you are trying to work? To answer that you would probably have to take into account what work it is you are trying to do and what sort of environment you have as well. But in general we would all prefer to have a light source that would give us the best opportunity to see what need to be seen. If you are trying to watch a film being projected against a wall then you would not want a huge fluorescent light lighting up everything; equally if you are trying to work with minute items such a fixing watches then you will want a light source that is not going to cast shadows when you bring your hands in the way.

The apostles knew Jesus when He walked amongst them, but I think they got to know Him a whole lot more after He left them to go back to heaven! That light began to shine more and more because they began to realise that Jesus was not limited by the same human limitations that we are held within. If we are willing to trust wholly in God then we should not worry about being limited on this earth either. The light source that we should be seeking to work for Christ should be the very best light source we can find – and that is God.

There are no shadows thrown by God’s light because it is an all-encompassing light! When His presence is described in our bibles it is always as a light that shone all around and not just a beam of light that shone from a single source. God is certainly not limited by our earthly limits so why should we expect His light to be limited either? In order to work effectively for and with Him we need to walk in His light, or in other words we need to bring Him with us wherever we go because He is that light!

We need to not only tell people that we walk in that light, but we need to make sure that we do walk in it. Everyone, but everyone, will be able to see what we do if we do not walk in that light because God is the light. In many scriptures we do find that men felt undone or unclean when the light of God illuminated them or their lives in some way; that is the way we need to look at God because when we do invite Him into our lives we will have that light shining that will illuminate more than just the path that we walk. Walking with God is a very illuminating experience!

Points to Ponder:
What would you do if you always were in bright lights?

Do you think God’s light is ever off of you?