And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light was good
and he separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:3-4
Apart from God, there is only darkness. The earth was dark until God spoke, and by His word alone, brought light to the dark world.
Darkness can be eerie, scary, frightening, and even hopeless. This is true both physically and spiritually.
Our hearts are eerie, scary, frightening, and hopeless until God’s light, the light of Jesus, illumines to our hearts, providing hope not just for today but for all eternity.
The light God brings cannot be manufactured by mere humans. There was no switch for Adam and Eve to flip – there was no Adam and no Eve, until God also created them! – to create light.
Our powerful, creative God spoke light into existence “in the beginning.” He thought it up and with just a word, He illuminated all of creation.
He provided light to the world physically. He also provided light spiritually through the person of Jesus Christ, the light of the world. John 1:1 says of Jesus,
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.”
John 1:1-2
Do you see the parallels between Genesis 1 and John 1?
God’s WORD was powerful enough to bring light from darkness … not just physically, but spiritually!
Is He the light of your world? Are you allowing his light to penetrate the darkness – to bring hope, illumination, and salvation to your life?
What’s the difference between a New Year’s WISH and a New Year’s RESOLUTION? Get Laura’s answer in our latest teaching video! We invite you to watch as Laura takes a deeper look at Psalm 89:15 – one of the verses on our Write the WORD bookmark for January 2023.
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