Let There Be Light

ALL – Psalm 4:1-8
ALL – Proverbs 1:20-23
OT – Genesis 8:1-10:32
NT – Matthew 4:12-25

What would the world be like without light? Not just without the sun, but without stars, electric lights, candles, fireflies—without any light whatsoever? Would the world just be dark? Or would it be dead?

When God created the world (as we read about in Genesis 1), He said, “Let there be light.” That was day 1. The creation of a world of life began with light.

And yet we sometimes miss the significance of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, a ministry of creating new life in a world that was dead because of sin. Listen to what Matthew says about Jesus’ move from Judea to Nazareth and Capernaum, just as His ministry was about to start:

This fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, beside the lake, and the countryside beyond the Jordan River, and Upper Galilee where so many foreigners live—there the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light; they sat in the land of death, and the Light broke through upon them.” – Matthew 4:14-16, The Living Bible

Jesus’ ministry was the beginning of God’s new work of creation. God was again bringing life to the world, and His new work of creation through Jesus Christ began with sending Light into darkness.

We carry on that ministry even now, because there are still many who sit in darkness. God calls us to share the Light, Jesus Christ, as He continues His new work of creation in the lives of sinful men.

What is your next step in taking the Light into lives of darkness?