I stared at the mountain before me while I was driving home tonight. Ok, so it isn't right before me...it's like 30 miles away. But still, I was watching the mountain. And though it was dark all around that mountain, I could see a car coming down Bogus Basin Road. The light was shining through the darkness and I could see it from as where I was at.
John writes about Jesus, "The light shines in the darkness..." In a dark and dying world, the promised One came and His light could not be ignored. His light - the light that exposed all the evil, that exposed all the sin, that exposed Satan himself - His light shot out into the darkness to bring knowledge and peace and love and forgiveness. His light made us able to look at God.
But it didn't end there. Though, it looked like darkness won when Christ died, that battle was far from over. The Light overcame that darkness and defeated death. No more fear. No more worries. "Oh death, where is your victory? Where is your sting?"
But it still hasn't ended. "For you were once in darkness, but now you are the light of the Lord. Live as children of the light." Do you understand? Christ's light does not just shine down from heaven. It is not just something we daydream about on Easter morning. Christ's light is alive and dwelling and shining in and through us. You. Me.
This is some kind of wonderful. Because I don't know about you...but sometimes, I think I must be filled with darkness. My life is so far from perfect. I cringe at myself.
But just like that car coming down from Bogus Basin so far away...just as the little headlights pierced the darkness of this April night; so, too, does Christ's light shine through my darkness, expose my sin and then pour over me His grace.
Grace so amazing that my greatest desire is to live as a child of the Light.
