Keeping on track through the fog
Daily Bible Reading
Keeping on track through the fog or life....
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Daily Bible Message
The road home was blanketed by fog, obscuring the way ahead. Afraid I would crash into the hedge or another vehicle, I pleaded with the Lord to send me something or someone to follow.
Suddenly, a 40 footer lorry pulled out of a sideroad with a rope of red lights framing its back doors.
Piercing the fog, the bright lights seemed to call out, “Follow me” and for the next eight miles I fixed my eyes firmly on those guiding lights and got hoke safely.
Light is essential for surviving the dark. But Jesus’ words during the Feast of Tabernacles have nothing to do with night-time, fog or even the despairing darkness of life’s difficulties.
He said that He is “the light of the world,” and that “Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12).
In this, He spoke of the darkness that blinds us to God and keeps us from all He has for us. Sin, selfishness and even accusing anger towards God causes darkness, something that only Jesus’ light can disperse.
Thankfully, Jesus didn’t set a riddle for His listeners, or us, to obtain it.
He simply declares Himself the light and invites us to follow Him on a path in life where darkness has no place.
Jesus himself walked on this earth and lived as a man, (fully human fully God); He knows how difficult life is, which is why He meets us where we are and calls, “Follow Me!”
Let’s fix our eyes on the light Jesus gives. He knows the way through the darkness, so let us follow Jesus' will, way and words to find our way home; home eternally!
He is the light we need to enjoy and follow. No other light will lead us to the Father or bring us to safety of eternal life.
John 14:4-6 reminds us so clearly why we need Jesus' light in our lives...
Jesus says:
"You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
It is so clear - without Jesus there is no salvation and without Jesus we stumble in the darkness struggling in sin and lost for any purpose.
May the light of Christ lead us home and keep us on the right path until that day when Christ calls us or returns in all his glory!
