One Glorious Light

       
             One light. That's all it takes to disperse the darkness, and the greater the light, the more darkness it dispels. There are so many things in this world that claim to be lights and fall miserably short. So many things we think can cleanse our hearts of darkness, but in the end only add to the accumulation of darkness already there.

              I often imagine that every person is an unlit candle wandering to and fro seeking for a flame, the very purpose for which we were created, to carry a light. I imagine the world is completely black and then one lighted candle is placed down amongst the rest. Slowly but surely, this candle starts lighting the empty wicks of those around it, and before long, the world begins to become illuminated as light after light is ignited and set to burn.

            You and I are these Candles, lighted by the one and only light of the world. Jesus is our fire, and when we go about our lives if we are in obedience to Christ, it will be perfectly obvious to the world that we are different that we have a light, the only light that satisfies.


            There will always be quacks and crooks pedaling wares they claim will make our candles burn brightly, but they never do. Instead they prevent us from seeing the light and dim the lights of those who are influenced by us. Christ alone is the light all men seek! How grateful we ought to be this Christmas morning that God sent us this light and that He found us and lit our wicks.

As I leave you with this gorgeous song, thank God for His magnificent light whose birth we celebrate today.