It is Just a Matter of Where the Light Shines

Our ice maker has a tendency to not drop all the ice in the chute into a glass. Often, moments, even minutes, later another piece will suddenly fall and usually ends up on the floor. The small clear piece of frozen water can be difficult to spot, unless the light catches it just right.

It is just a matter of where the light shines.

 

Where the light shines always makes a difference. We think our windows are clean, and then the sunlight hits the glass. Sigh.

 

Matthew writes of Jesus at the beginning of His ministry as fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah—

 

"The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,

and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned."

Matthew 4:16

Jesus said of Himself, "I am the light of the world." (John 9:5) Then, He proceeded  to heal a man who was blind from birth. This man testified to those around him, "One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see." (John 9:25)

 

 

Praying moms, this man was born blind physically. But all humanity is born blind spiritually. That includes our children. Philip Bliss began his famous hymn, “The Light of the World,"—"The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin." Yet, the second verse begins, "No darkness have we who in Jesus abide."

 

Our heart's desire for our children is reflected in the chorus—

 

Come to the Light, 'tis shining for thee;

Sweetly the Light has dawned upon me;

Once I was blind, but now I can see;

The Light of the world is Jesus.

 

The hymn's third verse tells hearers what to do, just as Jesus told the blind man—

 

Ye dwellers in darkness

With sin blinded eyes,

The Light of the world is Jesus!

Go, wash, at His bidding,

And light will arise.

The Light of the world is Jesus!

 

Through the power of God and His living Word, the Light of the world will dawn sweetly into our children's lives. Jesus put clay on the blind man's eyes and sent him to wash. We, instead, use the washing of the Word in prayer (Ephesians 5:26)—

·     for God to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Jesus. From Acts 26:18 (AMP)

·    for God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” to shine in their hearts to give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. From 2 Corinthians 4:6 (ESV)

·     for the Lord to bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and disclose the purposes of their hearts so they can receive commendation from God. From 1 Corinthians 4:5 (ESV)

·     for them to walk in the light, as He is in the light, so they will have fellowship with one another, and be cleansed from all sin by the blood of Jesus God's Son. From 1 John 1:7 (ESV)

·    that the fruit of Light, what is good and right and true, be found in them. From Ephesians 5:9 (ESV)

 

The Light of the world is Jesus!