Light on Earth
Light on Earth
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:4-5
It was the life inside of Jesus that creates us. That same light was supposed to be the light and guide in our life. If we had not sinned, we would have had an intimate connection to Jesus through that creation and life. Instead we sinned and broke that connection. Not only did we lose light and direction, we also lost the life of Jesus which is eternal. Instead we were given, through grace and mercy, a few years to reconnect with him. We should have just died. The world should have ended with Adam and Eve but God couldn’t have an end like that.
Not only did God give us a few years of life, he also decided that his light should return to the earth. Through his sacrifice, Jesus was born like us so that the light found in creation would once again shine on earth.
And so the light come down to the earth and into the darkness. You would think that seeing light in darkness would be a great thing for everyone but the exact opposite happened. People became so used to the darkness that the light scared them and they ran away. The darkness, as bad as it was, also concealed sins and problems. People felt that the darkness kept them from being exposed. They didn’t realize that it was the same darkness that was creating the sins they feared to show.
Not only did people fear the light but the Bible here says that they did not comprehend it. God had become so distant that they no longer remembered what God looked like. They confused what was good for bad. They called a sinless man a sinner. They beat one who cured and killed one who raised the dead. Everything was backwards on the earth when light came down.
And now there is us. What do we do with the light? Do we recognize it? Do we fear it? Do we run away from it?
God’s light is just as much here today as it was when Jesus came to earth. The same mission is in effect, to connect humanity to God again. What can you do to help that and what are you doing that may be hindering it?
God bless,
Pr. Steven Couto