--FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT ~~

-"For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord;
Walk as children of Light." / Jesus is the Light of the World. ~

--When you visit a cave n a national park, you see lights along the path. What would you do if the lights suddenly went off? There would be total darkness. If someone turned on a flashlight and said, "Follow me," but you soon realized he is going the wrong way, would you continue to follow him? No, I think not. With all the lights off, you would look in every direction. If you saw a faint bit of light, you would go toward it. You would walk carefully so you don't get off the side of the path. Each time you round another bend, the light is brighter. But if you become careless and lose the path, you will stay in darkness.

Now let's think of spiritual light and darkness. Suppose we are on a path that seems right at first, but after a while we realize that we are in darkness and going the wrong way. What should we do?

Proverbs 14:12 explains, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." We need to stop and think? How can we get out of this darkness? The answer is in John 8:12, where Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

When we have been in spiritual darkness and are going toward the light of Jesus, we need to walk carefully. The light grows the brighter each time we round another bend. At last we come into the full brightness of HIs divine light. Then we ourselves are "light in the Lord." and we need to "walk as children of light."

--BSW/MH~