Light
There are many things I miss about living in Nairobi, Kenya. One of them was living almost on the equator. A marker not far down the road from where we lived stated, you are standing on the equator. You might ask what is so special about living so near the equator. Almost every day is the same as far as how many hours of daylight you had. Every day there were about 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, no matter the season.
Here in the Northern Hemisphere that is not the case. We experience tremendous shifts in the number of hours of light and darkness. In the winter months I surely could use more hours of light. It gets light too late in the morning and gets dark too soon, for me.
The Bible has much to say about light. Jesus is the Light of the World! Let that sink in. Where there is light there is no darkness, at all, full stop. Where I live there are no streetlights. So, when the sun goes down and there is no moon, it is dark, very dark. However, I have a powerful flashlight that I can light up the night with. Where the beam of light shines there is no darkness. Darkness cannot overcome the light and turn it into darkness no matter how hard it might try.
Friends, remember when we have Jesus in us, we have the light of the world residing within. Ponder that!
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 NIV
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