Light and darkness, here it is again. Jesus over and over again deal with the issue of a world being trapped in darkness. The problem of darkness is a good because we can all identify. Darkness is where we trip and fall and stub our toes and smash our shins. Darkness is where people hide who can do us harm. Sometimes I walk super early in the morning and there are still some rough characters out and about.
Walking in darkness is cerainly no fun for most of us. In Scouts we once had to do a night hike with no torches. It was cloudy so it was just pure dark. It was a terrible walk and part of it had to be done by feel. I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to be blind.
It is even worse, much, much worse to be wandering is spiritual darkness. Trying to make it is life without any spiritual light is a disaster. Spiritual darkness allows us to be trapped in the horrors of this world without any hope. The resulting blindness means that we can’t even perceive how dark it is.
But Jesus can change all that. He brings light into the darkness and lights the way so that all darkness is dispelled. The blinders are removed and we finally see things from God’s perspective. When we follow Christ we no longer walk in darkness because we have Him to light our way.
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