THE NIGHT LIGHT

I keep a small night light on for safety, and when it’s dark the 4 watts are enough to light the hallway. Of course, wattage is no longer the way to determine the brightness of a bulb, since fluorescents and LED’s have become popular. [I miss the old incandescents.] Now it is lumens; and 4 watts is about 10-15 lumens. But it’s all I need at night. Since darkness is only the absence of light, even a candle will provide enough brightness to see. However, for more important tasks a much brighter light is needed – up to 1,000 lumens or more.

When God created the universe, darkness was the default state and would have continued as such had God not said, “Let there be light!” And since He is the source of all light, and life, the earth now has both.

But there is a night far more dangerous than the physical type. It’s the darkness of the mind, heart and soul. Like one said, “The problem is not that children are afraid of the dark, but that adults are afraid of the light.” The Bible even says that people love darkness better than light, because it hides their sins, or so they think.

Sadly, darkness is the default state in human lives as well. We cannot bring light into our lives on our own because light must come from an external source. The sun and moon and stars are the external sources that God created to light the earth. And just as we need lamps in our dark homes, we need lamps in our lives.

The spiritual darkness with which we are born will continue until we have the Light of Life – provided by Christ. And His Light never shone brighter than on that first Easter morning!

Thankfully it has continued to shine through today and will continue to shine for eternity.

This was posted by Carl E. Gustafson in The-Review – Alliance OH on 04/13/17.