The Light Quenches the Darkness
Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
MICAH 7:8
Darkness is everywhere. We live in a world full of fear and in need of light. Each time I listen to the stories of the girls rescued from human trafficking — stories of treachery and horror, rape and murder — I am reminded of how dark it really is out there.
But Jesus said that we are the light! And the light quenches the darkness, eliminates it. The darkness should be afraid of the light, because the light of Christ will eat it up. Just as morning follows night, the light of Christ is always coming. As his hands and feet, we are the force that conquers the dark. We hold the truth that wipes out fear.
“Keep your eyes on me,” Jesus says. His presence in the darkness, in the face of the most primal, serious danger, vanquishes fear. You see him, not the evil or the danger, but the love and the light. Once fear no longer controls us, and Christ is walking with us, we are undaunted — and eager to go find some darkness. Light does not deny that there is darkness. It simply dispels the darkness.
MOMENT OF REFLECTION
Do you see darkness in your life?
In the life of someone you know?
What will you do about it?