Let There Be Light!

A few hours ago, my wife and I were happily sitting in the living room when the entire house was plunged into darkness.

There was no warning or sound, suddenly the room dimmed and everything went black. The furnace abruptly stopped and the washer and dryer rumbling like a train in the other room came to a complete halt.

Confused and stumbling in the darkness we looked out our kitchen window in hopes it was not just our house. But one glance outside told us our neighbor's house was warmly lit. That is when I realized, the temperature in the room was falling. A sense of urgency suddenly hit me. If this is not fixed soon, we will have a long, freezing night (and I had woke up that morning with a terrible cold).

In the darkness, my wife said, "Let's worship the Lord". And in that moment, another light entered the room displacing my rising panic. And so we thanked Him for the answer we did not have at the moment and for the answer to prayer to have the lights restored. Later, we learned the main breaker needed to be replaced.

Even as I write this, the power failed. God said in Genesis 1:3 let there be light. In that command, day time was created.

In John 8:12, it says "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." (NIV).

When Christ comes into our heart, light displaces darkness. We are no longer stumbling through life, blindly feeling our way through each day. With His light, we are not cold, but warm.

With the light of Christ, we have an endless source of power. Power that swallows up the darkness around us. Power to have a transformed life. In Christ, there is no power failure!