Mark 4:21-41
When you are in the dark, you can stumble around and
possibly hurt yourself, or you can attempt to find a source of light so you can
see to find your way.
It is amazing how much of our lives are dependent upon
light. We really can’t function without it. We know that without light we are
blind, (to be completely without light is to be totally blind.)
Our eyes may have perfect function, but we cannot know
that unless we have light for our eyes to function by. They do not work in darkness.
In fact, if you had been born into a completely dark
world, with absolutely no light at all, you would not even know you had eyes.
They are completely useless without light.
Fortunately that is not the case. God has provided us a
light in the heavens that shines forth every day in a very dependable fashion.
Since we enjoy God’s light so much, we have designed our own sources of light
as well, that we may have the ability to see no matter where we are.
Interesting…
Light, illumination, is so precious to us we have even
compared it to knowledge, and wisdom. We speak of knowledge necessary for life
as being “illuminating.” When we hear some new thought or idea, “the light goes
on,” in our brain. (In the cartoon world we represent this with a light bulb
above the head.)
Jesus speaks of the knowledge of eternal life in the
kingdom of heaven in exactly this fashion. Just as light is meant to be shared
- and it is inconceivable that it would not be – the knowledge of eternal life
is to be shared as well.
Who would put “light” under a bushel basket, or under a
bed? That would not only be inconceivable, but cruel, allowing those who may
have light I am aware of to continue to stumble around in the darkness and
blindness. Jesus teaches us the wisdom of God is to be shared, immediately and
often and always. Not sharing the light Jesus has shared with you is to not
only keep others in darkness unnecessarily, it is to keep your own life in
darkness as well. We are to shine the light we have been given.
-Pastor Bill
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