“This is the message we have heard from him and
declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” 1 John 1:5 NIV
For my
Christian readers this most likely is a familiar verse to you. I don’t know
about you, but I don’t really understand this verse. What does this look like?
Light is light, how can there be darkness in there? How does it show that there
is darkness in the light?
Yesterday I
was typing a blog but I just couldn’t get through it somehow. God showed me
some great revelations during worship in church that morning and later in the
afternoon He continued as I was watching life stream church services from Paula
White and later on Kim Pothier (Real Talk Kim). As I started writing I felt
that I did not have the complete picture yet. In my mind I was drawn to a photo
I ones saw on Instagram and today I decided to Google it. When I looked at it,
I knew I was getting closer to the core of His revelation. This is the picture…
Of course I
had to try this myself, to see if this is true…and yes it is true…I’ve got the
same image. As you can see, the light seems transparent. There is no shadow because
it already IS light. To have darkness in the light, it will become visible. “See to it then, that the light within you is
not darkness. Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it
dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
Luke 11:35-36
This makes
me wonder…if the Light from Heaven is shining upon me, what will come up out of
my shadow? How much light is there in me? Are there places within me that
represents darkness? I started looking
at more bible verses relating to being the light…
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes
are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are
unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within
you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22-23
To stay in
the context to when Jesus is talking about the eyes in Matthew 6, it represents
what we are looking at as our resource. “I
lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes
from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2
In the
Amplified Bible we can read in John 1:16-17 that out of the fullness of Jesus
we have all received grace after grace, spiritual blessing upon spiritual
blessing and even favor upon favor. That the Law was given by Moses and grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ. When you believe in His name, you have the
right to become children of God.
What God
revealed to me during worship in church was the greatness potential that God
placed in us the moment we were conceived, just like with Jesus. The potential
is there, but it needs to be awakened and needs to grow and develop. John the Baptist
had eyes to see the Messiah, when nobody knew. “But among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who
comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
John 1:26-27
“If we confess out sins, he is faithful and
just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9. Now that we have received
the Salvation through Christ Jesus, we became the temple of God. I wonder, do
you know what that means? That the Holy of Holiest just entered into your
temple and became the light in you?! The great “I AM” resides in you now, so
that when you introduce yourself to someone as “I am …” that you are actually
speaking from the Name of God living in you. Do you know that in John 18:4-6,
when Jesus was arrested to be crucified and
He asked who they (soldiers, some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees) wanted, they said that they were looking for Jesus of
Nazareth, Jesus replied “I am he” and at that moment they drew back and fell to the
ground! Have your eyes already noticed that when you accepted Jesus as your
Lord, that He entered into the temple of your purified body and that His power
became available to you? So next time you introduce yourself to someone as “I
am …”, please remember this moment. But also know that how you look at yourself
defines which master you are looking at. Who you perceive to be is what you will
speak over yourself. “I am fat”, “I am ugly”, “I am poor”, “I am not worthy”
are just a view examples of darkness entering your body. Can I recommend you to
daily speak words of Life over you so that the power and the light of the
living God will be released unto you? For example: “I am a child of the most
High God”, “I am loved”, “ I am a conquer through Christ whom strengthens me”, “I
am fearfully and wonderfully made”, “I am the City of the Lord, Zion of the
Holy One of Israel”. I encourage you to let this be a match to keep His light burning
in you.
Grace,
spiritual blessings and favor are yours to take, it’s your heritage. I pray
that you and I will fully grasp that fullness that came with Christ Jesus into
our lives! It’s okay to tell your mountains that Help has arrived! The Maker of
heaven and earth agreed: “It is finished”!
May God
bless you abundantly!
