We are LIGHT in the LORD
“you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light.”
What does it mean to you that you are: Light in the Lord? Quite frankly, it’s baffling to me. I was curious why the word “Light” was capitalized in the New American Standard version of the Bible. My research led me to a commentator’s explanation that the word “Light” in this verse means, “One in whom wisdom and spiritual purity shine forth and who imparts the same to others.”** Oh my! Am I living up to my identity in Christ? Are you? Are we those in whom wisdom and spiritual purity shine forth? Are we those who impart wisdom and spiritual purity to others? That is how GOD SEES US. That’s our potential. That’s how Jesus wants to use us today; and it is not “mission impossible.” Rather, because Christ has cleansed us, set up apart as His temple, and His mercies are new every morning to forgive our daily sins; we CAN BE HIS LIGHT. We can walk as children of Light. Is it a dreary day for you? Why not open your heart to the Lord of LIGHT and ask Him to fill you?
Heavenly Father, may we never forget that our identity rests not in us, but rather in what You have accomplished on our behalf. Forgive us when we fail to walk as Light. Fill us with the Light of Your presence so we walk as children of LIGHT.
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**http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G5457&t=NASB