The Artist began with a stroke of brilliance. At His calm command, light came crashing through the gloom, dismissing the dark and illuminating the deep. Golden beams bounded through the universe and filled the shadowy space with stunning brightness. Unlike the rays of the sun, which stream from self-consuming combustion, the sole source of this light was the power of God’s word and the presence of His will.
“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”
All life to come depended on this light. Plants, animals, and people would need its warmth and radiance to survive. Without light, they could not grow, they could not see, they could not be, and neither could we.
In every way, our life depends upon His light. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ”(2 Cor 4:6). No source within us can produce the power necessary to prolong our lives or perfect our souls. We may consume ourselves and those around while trying, but only the Word and the will of the Almighty bring light and life. Nothing can be, be seen, or be saved without this light, for the Word of God is the Light of the World. “Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life”(Jn 8:12).
In the beginning, as now, God chose to not obliterate the darkness completely. Instead He opted for separation – the contrast providing opportunity for the daily rush and then sweet rest. But one day He will. God will speak again, forever dispelling darkness and eternally illuminating His new creation with only Himself, for “the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp”(Rev 21:23).
Let
there be Light.
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