The Light of Day and Night

"The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun (Ps. 74:16 KJV)."

The earth was without form. The earth was void and dark. The Spirit of God moved. Then God spoke, "Let there be light." God divided the light from the darkness. He spoke again, calling light Day and darkness Night. This was the first day.

God made two great lights. He made the sun to light the day. He made the moon to reflect the light of the sun to light the night. God saw that what he'd made was good.

The day is God's. The night belongs to God. The sun rises at his command. The sun sets at his direction. Nothing we can ever do can change this immutable fact. God spoke physical light into this world.

Nearly two thousand years ago, God brought another Light to this earth. The Spirit of God moved, overshadowing Mary. The Messiah, Emmanuel, Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ came into this world as the true Light.

"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all (1Jn. 1:5 KJV)."

"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth (1Jn. 1:6)."

"Abide in me, and I in you (Jn. 15:4 KJV)."

If Christ dwells in a temple of flesh, then the true Light dwells in a temple of flesh. We cannot walk in the Light and live in darkness. The true Light illuminates every facet of our being, chasing away all darkness.

Isaiah said, "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (Is. 9:2 KJV)." How sad are the words, "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not (Jn. 1:5 KJV)?"

I encourage all of us to walk in the light as he is in the light (1John 1:7). We were all sometimes darkness. If Christ abides in us, we are light in the Lord. "Walk as children of the light (Eph. 5:8 KJV)." God bless...