Devotional: The light that liberates
DAILY MANNA
MONDAY 15TH FEBRUARY, 2021
THE LIGHT THAT LIBERATES
📜📜TEXT: JOB 28:1-11📜📜
🔑📖 KEY VERSE: “He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death” (JOB 28:3).
Based on research, scientists have established the fact that when someone who has stayed long in darkness suddenly encounters a bright light, he does not immediately adjust. At first, he seems dazzled. It takes awhile before his eyeballs properly capture the images sent to the brain for interpretation. This is what scientific parlance calls “accommodation”.
The passage today is a prophetic revelation about Christ. Job stated that God would put an end to darkness and the shadow of death. This statement was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Light of the world who ended the work of darkness and death by His defeat of the devil at Calvary and gave authority to man. “In him was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). This verse reveals some fundamental truths to us. One, without Christ, the world would be in total moral and spiritual darkness. Two, everyone born into the world would be born into the world of darkness, whose ruler is the devil. Three, Jesus is the only Light that illuminates the lives of men and shows them the way out of the kingdom of darkness.
Christ’s mission is to deliver everyone who receives Him, from a life of darkness into a life of light and gladness. “…For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).
Those who have made Christ the Lord of their lives have become children of light; they are separated from the kingdom of darkness. While the children of darkness live without any regard for God’s word or their eternal destiny, we should live in constant awareness of our new and unique status. Have you invited Him into your life? If yes, then arise and spread the Word. Let the people who are still in darkness see the light of God’s salvation through you.
✍🏽 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Jesus is the Light that liberates from darkness.
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