This morning while I was in the deer stand, I had a great view of the eastern sky. It was amazing! The sun was coming up and peeking through the treetops and the clouds. Light was shining through the sky and across the water on the ground. I couldn't help but think about the Scriptures. Genesis 1:3-5 says, "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.'" God spoke a few words, and He shared His light upon the earth, and it was good! John tell us in his letter, 1 John 1:5, "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: GOD IS LIGHT; in him there is no darkness at all." Think about these truths for just a moment. God is light, and He shares His light with us. It is His presence with us! John 1:1-5 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was THE LIGHT OF ALL MANKIND. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
As we celebrate Christmas, let's celebrate Jesus. There is no Christmas without Jesus. Jesus is the Light of the world; He is THE LIGHT OF ALL MANKIND! Jesus came to us; He is God's presence with us; He is Immanuel - God with us! Jesus is not just "a" light; He is "THE" light! Jesus came to live a perfect life, to die a sacrificial death, and to rise up out of the grave; He came to defeat sin and death once and for all! He is our life and our light! Thank God for Jesus! Thank God for Christmas, the start of something new (Isaiah 43:19) and the eternal life that Jesus gives us (John 10:27-28)! Merry Christmas everyone!!!
