The Brighter Light

As the evening sun was seeking its place down below the horizon, the nearly full moon was rising in its place somewhere near where the morning sun started its journey. If it is a game of chase, the moon has a long way to go and the sun has a head start that is a wide span of sky long.  To watch the two spheres of light sharing time together in the heavens is a reminder that both have been touched by the hands of the Creator of Creation.  The greater light dispels all the darkness while the lesser moves within the darkness.

 

The gospel writer John often used the imagery of light.  In the eighth chapter of John we are enabled to hear Jesus saying about Himself, "I am the light of the world."  (John 8:12)  And in the beginning verses of this particular writing, we hear John speaking of Jesus as he writes, "What has come into being 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 8:4-5)  Both the sun and the moon point us to think about the source of light.  The Word tells us, "All things came into being through Him, and without Him not one thing came into being."  (John 1:3)

There have times in the history of humankind when the people of the earth made gods out of the lights of the heaven, but instead of being gods, they are actually heavenly spheres which point us to the One who created them.  Those who have eyes to see are enabled to see them as manifestations of the Creator who has brought light into the physical world and light into our sin darkened heart.  The darkness of human sin is a deep darkness which can only be overcome by the One who spoke of Himself as the Light of the World.  Seeing the lights in the sky calls to us to live with gratitude for this One who has come to bring saving light to us.