Don't Run In The Dark

Last night my little girl threw up...all over me...all over the carpet in her room. Yes, it was nasty and it smelled really bad. Yes, I had to clean it up. My wife took care of the little girl while I took care of the mess. I turned off the lights in the hall and headed back to the living room.

My wife said, "Nathan, can you get me a towel? I think she's about to go again." So I dashed down the dark hall to grab a towel. I had just been cleaning up the hall, so you'd think I would have remembered that empty box blocking half the hallway, but, no - I ran smack into it. I chipped a toenail. I scraped my ankle. I was pretty mad at myself.

Don't run in the dark.

Ephesians 5:8-14
8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
14 For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."

God is light, and in Him there is no darkness (1 John 1:5). We are children of light because we are children of God. We walk as He walks. His light illuminates our path. His word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Psalm 119:105).

We are like the moon - we reflect the light of the Son. We do not generate the light, but we reflect the great light that Christ shines upon us. He shows us how to walk. He has prepared a path where we can SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING. We won't stumble as to fall on His path.

Don't run in the dark. Walk in the light!

God bless,
Nathan