As the autumn darker evenings are upon us, I like to light fragranced candles.
There is something soothing and relaxing watching a candle flicker in the dark.
So different from when I was a child when we had no electricity and my sisters and I would take a candle that was placed on a saucer up to our bedrooms and the moment the candle was blown out, it felt very dark.
Looking back, we really weren’t aware of the dangers then, it was a source of light to help us see in the dark.
With all that we read in the news, and so much going on in the world, life can feel that there is so much darkness, where is the light one might ask oneself?
We can take comfort from the words in John 8 v 12 Jesus says “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
The world was in darkness, darkness of sin, and Jesus came and extinguished the darkness when he died on the cross for our sins.
For those of us who are Christians, we have been called to be shining lights for Jesus, as we are reminded in that well-known children’s song “Jesus bids us shine with a clear, pure light, like a little candle burning in the night, in this world of darkness, so we must shine.
You in your small corner and I in mine.”
Billy Graham said: “In a world that can feel dark, the light of Jesus remains.
No matter the circumstances, we can trust in the One, whom darkness will never overcome.”
God’s candle is not so easily distinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach; in fact, God’s light has a name, and it’s Jesus Christ.
Whatever darkness you are facing, and that can be in many forms, maybe it’s fear of the unknown, or guilt from the past, whatever it is, knowing Jesus will banish the darkness and bring you light.
As we see the Christmas lights appearing in the shops, may it be a reminder that Jesus came into the world to be the light for each one of us.
John 12 v 46 “I have come into the world as a light, so that no-one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”
Anna
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