Jesus, Our Light In The Darkness

Sometimes we take electricity for granted.  We always expect that when we flip the light switch that the lights would just come on.  We don't even think much about it.  We expect it and most of us depend upon it, but sometimes the power goes out without warning and we are left in the dark.

When I arrived home tonight from work the power went off and it didn't come back on for over an hour.  The power was out all over the County where I live and no one exactly know why as of the time that I am writing this blog posting.  The power is on now and everything is back to "normal".

Even though for that period of time with no lights I was still able to have some pork chops to eat and a big baked potato.  My mom and I listened to the battery powered radio that we have.  I read the Bible to my mother just like I do every night with a special light that I had placed on my head.  It was a funny sight to see, but it did work.  We also prayed that the power would be restored and that the men and women who were working so hard on the power would be safe.

Thankfully it wasn't terribly dark when the lights went out since that sun had just set about a half hour or so into the power outage, but it got me thinking about something.  Our world seems to be an increasingly dark place.  There is a moral slide that seems to be going on everywhere we look and there is a pull away from the true living God.

John 8:12 says,

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”          

Even though there may be no electric power where we live we can know that the Lord Jesus is still with us each and everyday and that He loves us so very dearly.  Sometimes we depend too much on electricity and not enough on the Lord our God.  

We also have the assurance in that even though the world is getting to be a spiritual dark place we can be thankful that we know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, if we have placed our faith and trust in Him, and that in Him there is no darkness at all.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and no one can come to the Father unless they go through Jesus.

May we walk in the light by following the Lord Jesus and trust Him wherever He leads us.  May we continue to read His Holy Word, the Bible, and be led by His Holy Spirit.  May the Holy Spirit shine the light of Christ through us into the ever darkening world in which we live and hopefully draw them into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Lord, Heavenly Father,
Thank You for restoring our electricity that was only out for a relatively short time.
I pray for those in our world today that do not have electricity where they live.
I pray that You would comfort them and point them to the Lord Jesus, who is the true light of the world.
I pray for those who are living in a spiritually dark place to be delivered from that darkness and brought into the light of Christ and the truth of who He is.
Thank You Lord for Your love and Your care for each one of us.
In Jesus Mighty Name we pray,
Amen.