Ephesians 5:8-10
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord."
Light is a wonderful thing, for it drives out darkness, illuminates our way, and makes our path clear. Without light, we're be hopelessly lost with nothing to guide our way, simply stumbling along without purpose.
Paul reminds the church at Ephesus that all believers once lived in darkness. Not that we couldn't see with our eyes, but that we were blinded to spiritual realities. Without Christ, we were hopelessly lost in our sins, with nothing to guide our way to God. But with the coming of the Spirit, we're led to faith in Jesus Christ and now live in the light of Savior.
As a people of the light which is the Spirit, we now live with the reality of God with us. In the Spirit, our way is clear and the Lord work in us, bringing about spiritual fruits.
Just like physical light, the Spirit is all about what it illuminates. In believers, the Spirit reveals our new nature in Christ, showing God's goodness, righteousness and truth in the church.
Sometimes believers are like someone out in the dark when their headlights go out. We can no longer see where we're going and forced to sit and wait on a new source of light. For Christians, that source of light is a restoral of the Spirit to a full position of glory within us. When we grieve the Spirit, the light grows dim. When we rejoice in the Spirit through a life of worship and obedience, God's light shines bright within and through us.
LORD JESUS
Lord, I thank you for the Spirit which lights my life, driving out the darkness of my sins. May I continuously look to your light to show me how to live in a world of darkness. Amen.
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