Oct 2

Full of Light

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness." Matt. 6:22, 23

The amount of light that our natural eyes take in depends on what and where we focus our eyes. If we are in a room full of light, we will see that light, but if we walk into the darkness, we will stumble. The same principle applies to our spiritual eyesight. What is it that we focus on? If we focus on Christ, we will be filled with light because Jesus Christ is the light of the world. When we focus on Him, we will be able to see clearly where the Lord wishes us to go. We will be able to see how we can best serve Him. We will be able to live the life of joy in His light. If on the other hand, we look away from Christ and turn our focus to the trials of life, or the busyness of our schedule, or spend our time focusing on the things of this world, our spirituality will suffer, for we will be full of darkness. The darkness of the world will strip away the joy of living in the light. You may not have spent a lot of time thinking about it this way. Satan would rob of us of the light of Christ and the best way to do that is to distract us and draw our attention away from the blessed savior who died for us. When we are overcome with the weariness of life, our world does begin to darken, but it takes only a look at our Savior to bring us back into the light. Do not go through life in the dark, when the light is but a glance away. Paul tells us to "fix" our eyes on Jesus. We must make a concerted effort to keep them focused on Him and when we do, our lives will be filled with the glorious light of the Savior.

 Father, forgive us for letting the worries of this world and the busyness of life draw us away from Christ. Help us to fix our eyes upon Him, that we might live in the light. We have lived in darkness for too long, dear Lord. We long to live in the light. We need your strength to do that, your Spirit to help keep our eyes on Christ. We thank you for your help and pray that all the glory and honor will be yours when we begin to live in the light as you would have us do. Amen