In the last post, I looked at the attribute of God as Elohim, the creator. This time, I will explore God as the Light of the World and having the power to speak light into circumstances and lives.
Genesis 1:2-3 tells us “the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.” The amazing truth of this verse is that God merely spoke and light entered where no light had been before.
I have experienced God’s power to speak light personally. My life without God was without form, void, and darkness enveloped me. God, however, was not far from me. You might say He was hovering close to me. One day, God said, “Let there be light” in my life, and there was light – the Light of the World. That light now shines forth through my life (not unlike light from a candle placed in a cracked pot), illuminating the darkness in my heart and the darkness of the world in which I live.
Jesus came to “give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1:79 Without a relationship with God, we are all sitting in darkness and the shadow of death (spiritual death). When God speaks light into a life and converts a soul, He dispels the darkness and light floods that life, that heart, that soul.
Jesus said of Himself, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 Sadly, not everyone loves the light. According to Jesus, men are condemned because “light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil [and] everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.” John 3:19-20 It is no wonder that bars, nightclubs and similar places are all dimly lit.
Take heart, because for the overcomer, the one who lives and dies for Christ, John tells us the following about our future with God, “There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.” Rev. 22:5
May the Light of the World shine forth His light in your life. May He chase the darkness away permanently and use you to bring light to a dying world submerged in darkness.
