The Lord God Will Be Their Light

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Noting accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation: 22:1-5

December is the month we celebrate miracles. The Jewish tradition of Hanukkah commemorates the time when a small amount of oil lasted eight days and kept the light in the temple from going out. And Christmas celebrates the coming of the “Light of the World,” our Lord Jesus Christ. God came to us in human form – Jesus.

A miracle is generally thought of as something that contradicts nature. But a true miracle is the introduction of God’s supernatural power into our world in a way that suspends the laws of physics as we understand them.

We all want to believe that darkness, disease, and death can be overcome, and with Jesus that is all possible.

Perhaps the most wondrous thing about miracles is that it is God’s nature to do the supernatural. God will one day bring to an end the unnatural rule of Satan and begin His righteous reign as the rightful Ruler of the universe.

A miracle needs no explanation to those who believe in God;

to those who don’t,

no explanation is enough.

Our Daily Bread – December 22, 2008