I hope all are well. I struggle for the words today. I pray while it is light, while we are still in this world, while the last elected child of God has not yet come to the saving knowledge of His grace, that we believe in the light and walk accordingly. May God shine as to a beacon to us all.
Extra Credit: There are only two different conditions that man will abide in. Men will either walk in light by the grace of God or walk in darkness by their sins. This short devotion by Clay Curtis looks at those Two Doers.
Jhn 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Jhn 12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
- How are we the children of light?
Christ had spoken. Introduced at the commencement of the Gospel as the Light of men (John 1:4), He had proclaimed Himself to be the Light of the world, that whosoever should follow Him should not walk in darkness, but have the light of life (John 8:12). He had also said that, as long as He was in the world, He was the light of it (John 9:5). Soon would the Light be withdrawn, His death being near at hand. Is there not, then, something awfully solemn in these few words of our chapter (John 12:35, 36)? He had preached among them. He had wrought miracles among them. He had kept, too, in His ministry to the land which God had promised to Abraham. He had never ministered outside of it. The people in it had enjoyed opportunities granted to none others. What, now, was the result, as His public ministry was thus terminating? He departed, and did hide himself from them. Who of them all mourned over His departure? or sought where to find Him?
I John 1:7
