"While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." John 12:36
In the beginning God said, "Let there be light," and there was light, and if that light was merely a shiny yellow ball in the sky we wouldn't have much to talk about. But, then John comes along and says, "In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness. and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:4-5 Our light was never a yellow ball in the sky during the day, and it was never a bunch of white dots in the sky at night, our light was life and it had a name, Jesus. In a strange twist of devotional days in Day 108: Love, I spoke about what we should be getting from Jesus if we follow him as closely as a disciple should, love. The reason this is possible for us is that we are following the one who is life and light and love.
Jesus, the Son of God, walked this planet for 30 some odd years. He experienced the vastness of human experience, from the mountain top to the valley low and every stop in between. Why? So that we could know that he knows what this life is like. He knows the moments of pleasure we get from the smile of a child or the warmth of a friend's embrace. He also knows the hell of betrayal and death. He walked in our shoes and bled in our shoes, so that we could understand, if only minutely, how far God was willing to go to show us love.
We, the children of God, have walked this blue ball for thousands of years. We experience the mountain top and valley low and every stop in between, which we can do one of two ways. We can live this life separated from God, believing that this existence, with its heavens and its hells is all that there is. We can also live this life connected to God, believing that this existence is merely the first stop on a journey that continues. Past the flesh and the blood. Past the science and the Book. Past the heavens and hells of this place into a place where only the former exist. All this second way requires is that we understand, of only minutely, how far God was willing to go to show us love.
We follow Jesus closely and we are infected by his love. We follow Jesus closely and we are infected by his light, which is the light of all men. Light does not shine for its own good, Jesus's didn't and ours shouldn't either. We must share out light and love so that others may know how far God was willing to go to show us all love.
+ Which path have you chosen to walk? Why?
Jesus, the Son of God, walked this planet for 30 some odd years. He experienced the vastness of human experience, from the mountain top to the valley low and every stop in between. Why? So that we could know that he knows what this life is like. He knows the moments of pleasure we get from the smile of a child or the warmth of a friend's embrace. He also knows the hell of betrayal and death. He walked in our shoes and bled in our shoes, so that we could understand, if only minutely, how far God was willing to go to show us love.
We, the children of God, have walked this blue ball for thousands of years. We experience the mountain top and valley low and every stop in between, which we can do one of two ways. We can live this life separated from God, believing that this existence, with its heavens and its hells is all that there is. We can also live this life connected to God, believing that this existence is merely the first stop on a journey that continues. Past the flesh and the blood. Past the science and the Book. Past the heavens and hells of this place into a place where only the former exist. All this second way requires is that we understand, of only minutely, how far God was willing to go to show us love.
We follow Jesus closely and we are infected by his love. We follow Jesus closely and we are infected by his light, which is the light of all men. Light does not shine for its own good, Jesus's didn't and ours shouldn't either. We must share out light and love so that others may know how far God was willing to go to show us all love.
+ Which path have you chosen to walk? Why?
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