Dear Friends,
Since Jesus Christ has come and since he is the light which enlightens every person, we can reflect that light like a mirror. That light of Christ lightens the darkness of this world.
“In him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it”. (John 1:4-5).
This light changes everyone it touches. Therefore, we are called to reflect this light as God's transformed people.
John puts it this way:
“The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God”. (John 1:9-12)
Let me put it-another way. We Christians have been given a gift of light to see beyond what we behold.
We have glimpses of the kingdom of God. Those glimpses need to be shared!
“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known”. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
Canon Gary