Walking In the Light

In order to have fellowship, we must gather. To gather, we must have something to gather around. The first thing that is needed to fellowship or gather is light. Who invites guests over for an evening meal but sits in a dark room? Who gathers for fellowship at a campsite without encircling the campfire? We take light for granted, but there is no fellowship without it.

With electricity, light is as easy as flipping a switch. As time goes on, lights become brighter and brighter. At the heart of many of our cities, when the sun goes down, bright lights turn on and night life begins. But nothing lights up like the sun.

Man will never light like the sun. Like a strongman, he runs his course with joy each day (Psalm 19:5). Man may be able to light up a street or a sidewalk, but the sky remains dark. Only the sun can light up the entire sky, and nothing can escape its light. Like clockwork, we rise and walk in its light.

But the sun is but a pointer to the greater light! Jesus is the Light of the World, and He has come! Our sin says we have no need of Him, that we are our own light, but this is darkness and it leads to death. Walking in Jesus acknowledges our great need for forgiveness and His heart to meet our great need at His cross. What love! And what a friend!

May we not take the Light of the World for granted. Walking in the Light acknowledges Him with every step. Just as we wake up to the light of the sun each day without giving thanks, do we walk as the redeemed without remembering the Light that saved us?

Our hearts grow cold when we take Him for granted. Nothing produces fruit like gazing at His glory. “I’ll never know how much it costs to see my sin upon that cross,” says the song, but He shows us a little each day. We never leave the foot of the cross as we walk in its light, and fellowship with Him is fellowship with each other.

We need the brothers and sisters to help us see Jesus. Fellowship with them is granted as we gather around the Light. We lay down our lives for each other as He has laid down His life for us (1 John 3:16). If we take the cross lightly, our brotherly love will be light. But a continual gazing will produce brotherly love like the sun.

Let us walk in the Light, dear friends, and enjoy His love together!