Honey From The Rock

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Honey From The Rock
Psalm 81:16

"Sweet Stuff From God's Word"

A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
Copyright 2007

NATIVE TO THE LIGHT

This entry was posted on 06-26-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.

"For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light - lead the lives of those native-born to the Light" (Eph. 5:8 Amplified Version).

Once our hearts were full of darkness. We had dark thoughts and committed dark deeds. But then something happened. For Saul of Tarsus it was when a blinding light struck him down on the road to Damascus. Our conversion may not have been that dramatic, but somewhere and at some time the light came on for us. "Now, in the Lord, you are all daylight" (Knox). We live in the full light of the Lord. His Word has enlightened us. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psa. 119:105).

Since the Light has dawned upon us, what kind of people should we be? "Live like men who are at home in daylight" (NEB). "Live as men native to the light" (Knox). Some people don't like the light. You will never find them reading the Bible or going to church. But those who love the light will want to spend time in God's word and with God's people. Won't they? A lighthouse sends its beams across the waves. But along the shore are the lower lights. That's us. God needs both. Let us all lead the lives of those native-born to the Light - to the One who said, "I am the light of the world."

Prayer: Father, thank You for sending light into our lives. Help us now to walk as children of light so that those lost in darkness may see a gleam of hope. Through Christ, the Light of the world, we pray.