I was reading my Sunday school lesson for tomorrow which focuses on John 1: 1-18 with the lesson title being "God Revealed." I became totally engrossed in the section "Welcome the Light" (John 1: 9-14) Whenever I get caught up in my Bible study, I love to start digging around for connections. Have you ever thought about what humans need in order to live? Sure, you have. You learned it in science class probably in about the second or third grade: light (the sun because without it we would all die), air, water and food. Think about those four things and then think about the ways Jesus is said to be all those things. For instance, in Malachi 4:2, Jesus is referenced as "the Sun of righteousness." In John 3:8 and 20:22 through His Holy Spirit He gives us the "breath of life." (So far, Jesus is the sun and air!) If you keep reading the book of John, you see that Jesus calls Himself the "living water" (John 4:10 "Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God and who is it that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.'" Jesus continues this metaphor in John 4: 13-14) Okay, one more to go--food. If you read further into the book of John, you find this verse: "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." (John 6: 35) That's pretty neat isn't it?
I thought that was pretty cool, but then I ran across something else when "studying" Jesus as "the Light." Think about this: God begins the creation of the earth with light. In Genesis 1:3 God says, "Let there be light." Christians begin their "new life" in Christ with the entrance of LIGHT into the heart of the believer. (2 Cor 4: 3-6)!!
Final note ~ I hope you'll all pray for the situation in Syria. The images of the children are just horrible. I am clinging to His word:
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