Jesus said to the crowds, "I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness."I believe in Jesus and it gives me great light - insight into my own life, insight into God's will for me, insight into what God is doing in the world.
John 12:46-47
But some days can feel very dark.
I don't know the origins of the passage or other ways it has been interpreted, but one of words that struck me in this passage was 'remain'. We should not remain in darkness. It doesn't say that everyone who believes in Jesus will leave the darkness behind them forever and ever, but that we should not remain in darkness. As though rather than walking away from the dark, we instead just turn our backs to it. It makes me think that maybe we can still sense the darkness, creeping at the edges of our vision, clawing at us, trying to envelop us again.
Some days, when I forget to focus on the light, the darkness at the corners of my eyes seems to creep in around me and make me forget that I am now a child of the light. I don't turn away from the light, but I'm distracted by the darkness at my back.
But I don't remain in the darkness. The darkness has no hold over me anymore. I believe in Jesus so the darkness can only distract me, it can't remove me from God's love.
When you feel dark, remember whose light you live in!
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