![]() ![]() Just as I filled my car that day with too many things I did not need for college, we often fill our lives with things that don’t matter. Walk as children of light." ( Ephesians 5:8) "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. And from that experience, we know how strongly it contrasts to walking in the light of the Lord. Most of us can remember a time when we walked in darkness ourselves. Ultimately, each of us is called to be light in the darkness. Photo Credit: Thinkstock / Tinnakorn Jorruang ![]() But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." ( 1 John 1:5-7) "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. My prayer is that we will take Jesus’ commands seriously and live as light in the darkness by walking in obedience. The Bible says that if we claim to be in communion with the Lord, but walk in darkness, we are not practicing the truth. Just as Jesus set his face like flint toward the redeeming cross, we too must set our faces like flint toward the Redeemer. For the moment we take our eyes off of the Savior, we will be tempted to slip into the darkness of the world. The challenge for us is to keep our eyes on the One we follow. Though people may reject it, there will be some who are drawn in, curious as to why you live differently. Especially when you hold fast to what is true, your light will shine. When you choose to follow the commands of the Lord and reject the ways of the world, others will notice. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.'" ( John 8:12) "Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, 'I am the light of the world. "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,' Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, "After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me."'"( John 1:29-30) John bore witness to Jesus because he knew without a doubt Who Jesus was and what He would do for the world. Answering these questions prepares you to testify to the truth and to be light. These are essential questions that you need to be able to answer. What do you know to be true about the Lord Jesus Christ? Remember, it is not our job to make people believe, but to share the truth boldly and lovingly. As Christians, we can be light in the darkness by responding to non-believers with truth and testifying to what God has done. The role of a witness is to answer questions truthfully and give an honest account of what they have seen and heard. "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world." ( John 1:6-9) Here are three ways Scripture tells us how to be light in the darkness. I pray these Scriptures encourage you, inspire you, and motivate you to be light in your own dark corner of the world. (John 1:1-5)įrom this passage, and many more, we are given not only the truth about the dark state of the world, but also the “how-to” of being light. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. The verses preceding it remind us exactly Who we represent when we cast His light into the darkness. This verse from the book of John may paint a sad picture of the world’s lack of understanding, but it also gives us hope. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. My faith was challenged that year in a way that both frightened me and woke me up to the ever-pervasive darkness in the world. ![]() Most of that stuff proved to be sorely unneeded, as I then had to find a place for it all in my narrow half of the dorm room! Little did I know that, rather than dorm furnishings, I most needed guidance on how to be light in the darkness. I still remember stuffing my little red car as full as is humanly possible, preparing for my freshman year at a university two states away.
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