SHINING LIGHT PERFECTION
John
8:12: “When Jesus spoke again to the
people, He said, ‘I am
the light of the world. Whoever follows
Me will ever walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”
Ten year olds Cassie and Missy
approached classmates Jeremy and Brad as they exited school for the day. “Hey
guys, would you like to go roller skating sometime?”
Jeremy
looked at Brad and snickered. “How about
it, Brad?” he asked.
Brad
looked at the girls sheepishly before replying, “Well that’ll have to be a later ‘sometime;’ I’m grounded.”
Kids
aren’t the only ones who get caught doing something wrong. So when Jesus says that He’s the “light of
the world,” people cringe. “Don’t shine
Your light on me, Jesus!” we pray.
It
doesn’t help when grown-ups tell kids, “Jesus sees everything, so don’t think
that you can get away with being bad!”
Because
then we grow up being afraid of God. What must God think of me after I did
that?
We
hate Jesus’ glorious light that spotlights our sins! All our faults and weaknesses are laid out
before Him—to our shame. We hesitate coming
to the One who loves us unconditionally because we think that God is angry with
us.
That’s
simply not true!
Reread
the opening Scripture. It’s like Jesus said
that after comforting a woman caught red-handed in sin. He refused to condemn her…then stood up and
immediately told the people that He is the “light of the world.” (See the lesson linked below for the story). How wonderful for us to see that Jesus says
that He’s the “light of the world” right after He refused to condemn a woman
caught in the act of sin.
This
tells me that I don’t have to be afraid to come into God’s presence because
He’s NOT waiting to punish me. Jesus’
glorious light spotlights how perfectly His blood washed away my sins! This gives me great confidence to follow
Jesus throughout my life.
How
about you?
Jesus
knew that His blood would wash away that woman’s sin BEFORE He died on the
cross. He knew that He’d take all her
AND OUR sins with Him to the cross!
Therefore, He would not condemn her than. And, He certainly won’t condemn us for
mistakes, failures and sins now.
Take Home Nugget
The
truth is that our heavenly Father only sees that Believers’ sins have been
completely removed. Jesus’ light reveals
spotless perfection—because of His perfect work on the cross. When we believe this, we can come boldly into
God’s presence. We have faith-confidence
that Jesus’ light shows our perfection in Him!
Can you follow Jesus now—believing that
your faith in Him spotlights your perfection to the Father?
Adapted from “The Light of
the World Exposes Your Perfection” from
Daily Grace
Ministries. Joseph Prince. www.josephprinceministries@josephprince.org.
October 4, 2015.
J.D. Griffith
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