Light of the World

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “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

When the Hebrew slaves traveled through the Sinai wilderness, God provided a pillar of cloud to guide them during the day and a pillar of fire to guide them at night (Exodus 13:20-22). The fire in the midst of darkness at night was “to give them light on the road which they should travel” (Nehemiah 9:12).

Jesus reminded the Jews of His day of the need for spiritual light in a spiritually dark world, calling Himself “the light of the world.” The darker the night, the more our need for light. He was reminding them that “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). Sadly, in Jesus’ day and in ours, the darkness in this world doesn’t always understand the light of Christ (John 1:3-9). But all who embrace the light of Christ are given the right to become “chi

ldren of God” (John 1:12).

Make sure you are a child of God by believing in Christ, by letting His light become the light of your life.

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.—Augustine