Ch. 13 - Removing Darkness

'After night
Comes a light
Dawn is here, dawn is here
It's a new day, a new day
Oh, everything will change
Things will never be the same
We will never be the same'
[The Glory of It All]

After night comes a light. Everything will change. We will never be the same.

Jesus is often referred to as a Light. What is the purpose of light? To remove darkness. Where light exists, darkness cannot. Because of what Jesus did for us, we are changed forever.

In Paul's letter to Ephesus, he speaks of how their [the Ephesians'] works were done in the ruler of the kingdom of the air - Satan. They were sinners and dead in their transgressions, but were made alive in Christ. Paul goes on to remind them that they are saved by grace and through faith alone - not works. Yet they were made in God's workmanship to do good works - that were prepared for them by God in advance.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, said that by humbly letting others see your good works, they may be moved to love and serve God likewise.

To do good works. To be a light unto the world. That is what we are called to do.

Fact:

Believers are outnumbered by non-believers at least five-to-one.

Fact:

In total darkness, the flicker of a match can be seen twenty miles away.

We may be a minority, we may seem small and insignificant, yet we can and should have a powerful influence on our world. This is so, of course, only because of God's grace and strength at work within us - for on our own we are nothing and can do nothing [Philippians 4:13].

There is so much darkness in the world. Be a light. Change things. Remove that darkness.


' "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." '
[Matthew 5:14-16]