Luke 11:33-36 - "Full of Light"

It is very interesting to note that we are introduced todarkness and light in the very first verses in the Bible. Right after we aretold; “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis1:1), we read; “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was onthe face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of thewaters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. AndGod saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from thedarkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So theevening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:2-5).  The very first creative act of God on earth was to speak lightinto existence, and we are introduced to the truth and concept that “God sawthe light, that it was good” (v. 4). This statement then leads us tobelieve that just as light is good, darkness is bad. God created the human eyeto only operate while light is present. You can’t see anything in the darkness.When Adam sinned, Satan’s kingdom of darkness invaded both the human soul andthe earth itself. When we are born into this world, we are literal called the “childrenof wrath” because of our sin nature (Ephesians 3:1-3). In Ephesians 5:8-11, Paul goes on to tell us: “For youwere once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children oflight (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, andtruth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship withthe unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.”  When we trust Jesus as the True Light and acceptHim as our Lord and Savior, something wonderful takes place according to Colossians1:13-14 which declares: “He has delivered us from the power of darkness andconveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemptionthrough His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”  When we trust Jesus Christ, our eyes are opened, the lightshines in, and we become children of light (John 8:12; 2 Cor. 4:3-6; Eph.5:8-14). The important thing is that we take advantage of the light and have asingle outlook of faith. If we keep one eye on the things of God and the othereye on the world (1 John 2:16), the light will turn into darkness! There is no"twilight living" for the Christian, for God demands total submissionand obedience (Luke 11:23). Three men in the Bible illustrate this truth. They began inthe light and ended up in the darkness because they were double-minded. Thename Samson probably means "sunny," yet he ended up a blind slave ina dark dungeon because he yielded to the "lust of the flesh" (Judges16). Lot began as a pilgrim with his uncle Abraham. He ended as a drunk in acave, committing incest (Genesis 19:30-38), because he yielded to "thelust of the eyes" (Gen. 13:10-11). Lot wanted to serve two masters andlook in two directions! King Saul began his reign as a humble leader but hispride led him to a witch's cave (1 Samuel 28), and he died of suicide on thefield of battle (1 Samuel 31). His sin was "the pride of life"; hewould not humble himself and obey the will of God. Each of us is controlled either by light or darkness. Thefrightening thing is that some people have so hardened themselves against theLord that they cannot tell the difference! They think they are following thelight when, in reality, they are following the darkness. The scribes andPharisees claimed to "see the light" as they studied the Law, butthey were living in the darkness (John 9:39-41). In John 12:35-36; 46, Jesus said: "A little whilelonger the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darknessovertake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. Whileyou have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light…”. “Ihave come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should notabide in darkness.” Today, is your life “full of His Light”? God bless!