I Saw The Light

Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

[A devotional by Charles Spurgeon]

As one of my Christmas gifts I received a new bible. I am always in awe of those individuals that say "I have read the Bible from cover to cover. Some I have met have done this more than once. To be honest I have tried several times but have still not accomplished keeping to a continual reading of it. So as my new bible came just at the beginning of the year I am trying to, with God's help, maintain a daily reading. I have learned more about the bible last year than any previous years. See once the Holy Spirit opens your eyes to His Word it becomes real. Now as I read God's scripture I can say, "I saw the light"! We need His light, through His Word, to take us through the darkness of this world. Read as Charles Spurgeon writes about God's light.

[This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light”-he looked at it with complacency, gazed upon it with pleasure, saw that it “was good.” If the Lord has given you light, dear reader, he looks on that light with peculiar interest; for not only is it dear to him as his own handiwork, but because it is like himself, for “He is light.” Pleasant it is to the believer to know that God’s eye is thus tenderly observant of that work of grace which he has begun. He never loses sight of the treasure which he has placed in our earthen vessels. Sometimes we cannot see the light, but God always sees the light, and that is much better than our seeing it. Better for the judge to see my innocence than for me to think I see it. It is very comfortable for me to know that I am one of God’s people-but whether I know it or not, if the Lord knows it, I am still safe. This is the foundation, “The Lord knoweth them that are his.” You may be sighing and groaning because of inbred sin, and mourning over your darkness, yet the Lord sees “light” in your heart, for he has put it there, and all the cloudiness and gloom of your soul cannot conceal your light from his gracious eye. You may have sunk low in despondency, and even despair; but if your soul has any longing towards Christ, and if you are seeking to rest in his finished work, God sees the “light.” He not only sees it, but he also preserves it in you. “I, the Lord, do keep it.” This is a precious thought to those who, after anxious watching and guarding of themselves, feel their own powerlessness to do so. The light thus preserved by his grace, he will one day develop into the splendour of noonday, and the fulness of glory. The light within is the dawn of the eternal day.]

John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

May This Be The Year

May this be the year
that you understand as I do,
it is not about what happens today,
but that God was there to get you through.

May this be the year
that He will touch your heart,
in such a way it can change your life
so that with Christ you never be apart.

May this be the year
as you see just what a blessing is
to think of all the other people
that really don't even know Him.

May this be the year
that you can tell some one today,
"Look what He has done for me,
for He is the truth, the light and the way!"

E. P. Shagott
1/5/10

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott