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ARE YOU A CHILD OF LIGHT?
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

Ephesians 5:8-14

 

“Ye are all the children of light

and the children of the day.”

 

ARE YOU A CHILD OF LIGHT?
 
1 John 5:7 states that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 5:7). When Jesus was on earth, He declared, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). Throughout Scripture, darkness is characterised as the domain of sin and Satan, whereas light is the domain of God. As believers we have been “called out of darkness into his marvellous light” (1 Pet 2:9); and Paul’s role as an evangelist was “to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God” (Acts 26:18).
 
Therefore, to be a child of light is to be a child of God. Paul referred to them as “brethren” and counted himself as one of them by using the first-person pronouns “we” and “us.” He wanted them to understand the significance of their identity in Christ, that as children of light, they were to be characterised by the light. They ought to walk in the light of the Lord, and not in the darkness of Satan.
 
As believers, we too must understand our role as children of light and as children of the day. We have been enlightened by the truth of God and are no longer groping in the darkness of sin. We know the Gospel; we know that through Christ our sins have been forgiven. Our lives must therefore be characterised by righteousness and holiness. We must walk as children of light, and “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Eph 5:11).
 
Furthermore, we must seek to share the light. We are the light of the world that must not be hid. We must “let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matt 5:16). When we walk as children of light, we shine forth as testimonies for the Lord Jesus Christ, bringing much needed illumination to a world lost in the darkness of sin. Then others can be led to God’s truth, and in turn become children of light themselves.
 
THOUGHT: “In this world of darkness we must shine. You in your small corner, and I in mine.”

PRAYER: Father, may Thou help me always to shine forth for Thee.

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