Sunday, February 10, 2013
Blackout or Light-In?
What would it take to get the world to ask a more significant question? What turned the lights on? I’m not talking about an electric grid or substation but about the creation of light itself. How did the sun, moon, and stars originate, and when did they confer on exactly how to light our planet in such a way as to sustain life?
Myths and legends and scientific theories abound. Some “answers” were wildly mistaken (the sun revolves around the earth). But one source book claims to have the truth: “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Gen. 1:3).
The Old Testament God is often symbolized as light . For example, Moses saw a burning bush. During the plague of darkness in Eqypt, only the Israelites had light. When Moses came down from the mountain with two tablets, his face was radiant from being in God’s presence.
The prophet Isaiah said, “Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God” (Isa. 50:10).
In the New Testament Jesus announced, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life” (Jn. 8:12).
Wherever Christ is Lord, light becomes visible in human form. We walk in the light (1 Jn. 1:7). Let’s live as creatures of the light, shining in dark places (2 Pt 1:19).
Father of Light, without whom the word would be plunged into darkness, thank You for the light of another day.
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