25/02/2022
In dark days walk in Light
I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. [John 12:46]
This world is dark as midnight; Jesus has come that by faith we may have light and may no longer sit in the gloom which covers all the rest of mankind.
Whoever is a very wide term: it means you and me. If we trust in Jesus we shall no more sit in the dark shadow of death but shall enter into the warm light of a day which shall never end.
Why don’t we come out into the light at once?
A cloud may sometimes hover over us, but we shall not remain in darkness if we believe in Jesus. He has come to give us broad daylight. Shall He come in vain?
If we have faith we have the privilege of sunlight: let us enjoy it. From the human night of depravity, of ignorance, of doubt, of despair, of sin, of dread, Jesus has come to set us free; and all believers shall know that He no more comes in vain than the sun rises and fails to scatter his heat and light.
Shake off your depression, dear brother or sister. Do not remain in the dark, but stand in the light. In Jesus is your hope, your joy, your heaven. Look to Him, to Him only, and you shall rejoice as the birds rejoice at sunrise and as the angels rejoice before the throne. [Spurgeon]
“Abide with me fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee; help of the helpless O abide with me.” [Henry Francis Lyte 1847]
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts. [Jeremiah 15:16]