The tiny light

I was standing on the balcony of our hotel room on the 16th floor.  Right in front of me was this dark expansive ocean save for a few scattered lights on the far horizon.  I wasn’t looking for something in particular but my eyes seem to be automatically drawn to those lights.  One light was slightly brighter than the rest - it must be the short distance between the shore and what seems to be the light from a ship.  Just then I remembered the words of JC where He called us 'the light of the world'. 

Light creates direction.  It only takes one tiny light to guide a lost sailor caught in a stormy sea.  In a dark ocean, it’s a sign of hope and salvation for someone who is trying to get their head above the water.  And just how my eyes were drawn to focus at that distant light, a tiny light has the power to draw someone in need.  Just one tiny light amidst a world of darkness.  I wouldn’t have known what darkness is had I not known that light exists.

“How does one let their light shine?” I asked JC.  I was once in darkness so in my heart I knew I never had a light on my own.  The answer came quick and reassuring, “you don’t have to do anything, just stay with me“.  The light that is in us is Jesus.  Jesus said He is the light of the world.  When you no longer live but Jesus in you, that’s when His light in you becomes even brighter. That light is love, it's grace, it's mercy, it's hope.  That’s what draws people towards the light.

It only takes one tiny light to conquer a great darkness.  Try looking at a clear night sky in the dark bush. The greater the darkness, the brighter the light.  Whenever sin abounds, it is when grace abounds even more.

When the world around you seems dark, Jesus says to stay with Him, walk with Him, abide in Him, be intimate with Him.

"I am the light of the world.  He [she] who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."  John 8:12 (NKJV)