Come Into the Light

“...for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
For this reason it says,
'Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.'
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise...” Ephesians 5:8-15

A story is told about a hardworking man who finally had time to go to a night baseball game with his family. They were doing the usual things: eating hotdogs and peanuts, drinking Cokes, and complaining about the prices.

His wife, a registered nurse and mother of his three children, said something and he turned in such a way that the park lights were directly in his eyes. She gasped and took his face in her hands to have a closer look. Her suspicion was correct: his eyes were jaundiced, a sign of several serious diseases. Within a few weeks her childhood sweetheart and the father of her three children was dead.

Man must come into the light of God to see the ravaging affects of his sins. He is little more than the walking dead without the cleansing power of the blood of the Lamb. The Light reveals the truth for all to see. Many will come into the light too late (1 Cor. 4:5).

Don’t be afraid of the truth - ask God to reveal to your heart anything you need to see, change, start, or quit today. Don’t let Satan deceive you - walk in the light and rejoice in the freedom you have in Christ!