The Light in Darkness

Devotional Reading: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” – Isaiah 9:2

The Christmas story is about Jesus being sent to a world of darkness resulting from sin and rebellion. Jesus came to shine as a light in the darkness so that people could clearly see God’s love for them.
He is the One to whom the Old Testament prophet Isaiah was referring when he prophesied, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light…”

Jesus wasn’t physically luminous with a halo around his head as we see in some of the artwork; rather, he was a spiritual light. Jesus himself said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). That means that he is the light we all need to rescue us from the spiritual darkness of this world. Walking in darkness means we miss the joy and peace God meant for us to experience. Instead, we grope around looking for purpose and fulfillment in all the wrong places.

Once as a child, there were times we walked in the dark, because light was taken off unknowingly to us, and probably we had to pick up something, I believe during that period some of us must have stumbled into large objects that might have brought us great pain. If only there had been a light on, we would have avoided hurting ourself. Likewise, today, without Christ in our lives, we go down the wrong roads, looking for love but ending only with inner pain.

Let’s open wide our hearts this Christmas season to Jesus—the light of the world.

Prayer and Confession
Jesus, help me to express your light to others this Christmas season. Amen

Further Reading: John 8:11-13, Colossians 1:13-15