Saturday 20 Jan 2018

January 20: 1 John 1:5-10

Key Verse: 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Devotion:
A Message from God which we all need to hear and be reminded of regularly...

If we walk into a darkened room, there is no way we will know exactly what is in there. Yet as soon as there is a little light, we will start to see things, shapes, shadows. But when a very bright light is switched on, then we will see everything in the room and will become aware of all the things that we did not see in the beginning. When the room was darkened, we would tend to ignore the small things we did not see, like spiders under chairs or sweet wrappers left on the floor. But with the bright light, we can see them and know they are there.

As we go through our lives, we do tend to stick with things that we know. We don't open our eyes fully to all around us; partly because we don't want to know and partly because we think we are safer without knowing. We allow others to show us the ways and do things the way they do – we follow the dull lights. By doing this, we fall into the same ways as they are living and begin to think it is the right way of living. It is only when a brighter light comes along that we see all we are missing and we realise we are doing things wrong. But even with a bright light shining, if we don't stick with that brighter light, we will pretty soon fall back into our old ways of living.

We need to walk in the perfect light that is Jesus Christ, knowing through Him we will be able to see all. This reminder is here for us; to know we have to admit to our faults so He can faithfully and willingly forgive us and show us what is right. We will still want to do what we are used to because that is how we have grown up, but at least we will be able to listen to what is right and attempt to do what is right!

Points to Ponder:
Do you think you are living right?

Have you compared your life to Christ's?