“I Have Come Into The
World
As
A Light”
Then Jesus told them,
“You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you
have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does
not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light,
so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus
left and hid himself from them.
Even
after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not
believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who
has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: “He
has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with
their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.”
Isaiah said this
because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
Yet at the same time
many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they
would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the
synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.
Then Jesus
cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one
who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come
into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in
darkness.
John
12:35-46
There have been two
lunar eclipses that we are aware of. One was on
The great invitation
of Christmas is to open our hearts to the Savior who came to end our darkness.
Jesus told us that we have the light, because of our belief in Him. He told us when
we have the light, we become sons of the light. Jesus
also told us He is the light of the world, and that whoever believes in Him
will not live in darkness.
The way out of our
spiritual night is to walk in the light with Him.
When we
walk in the Light, we won’t stumble in the darkness.
Our Daily Bread –