THURSDAY November 21st
John 8:12 ‘Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”’
In yesterday’s devotion I quoted from John 1:1, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ A reminder today that this is so important that we need to keep this at the forefront of our minds that Jesus when making the ‘I am’ statements is both fully God and fully man.
John in his introduction of Jesus as the Word of God continues to say ‘In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.’ (vv4-5)
The two standout words in both John 1:4-5 and from John 8:12 are light and life.
- We live in a dark world.
- We are living as those who are dead in this world. Yes, we may be physically alive but outside of Christ we are as Paul says In Ephesians 2:1, dead in our trespasses and sins.
Therefore, we need light, and we need life and where would and where could it come from, where can it be found? There is only one answer, it came from and is only to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ
In John 12:46 Jesus has said ‘I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.’ He is the source of the light.
In John 10:10 Jesus says, ‘I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.’ He is the source of life, which is eternal.
Now, we needed the initial light, which we received when we came to trust in Jesus, but we also need the daily light to help us to navigate through this dark and sinful world, so we need to walk daily with Jesus.
We have so many options for light when the nights get dark, candle, lamp, torch etc. but there is only one option when it comes to spiritual light and it is the One sent from God, the Lord Jesus Christ.