No More Darkness

Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12 HCSB

And Jesus continued to say, “I am the light of the world - whoever journeys with me shall not walk in darknes but will radiate the light of life!” (The word 1, to hold; resonate; in this case, radiate.)
[John 8:12]

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The difference between these two translations is in how we handle the 'light that Jesus gives. I like the Mirrors interpretation- that we would radiate the light. I resonate with this as I am a studier of.the stars and know we have mirrors in the telescopes that reflect or radiate the light coming from the objects we look at. The mirrors actually magnify what we are seeing.

We could adapt that understanding here-we magnify what we are seeing as we look at Christ. Amen! This requires a walk of faith.

We have a very old and very large 36" telescope and the mirror has some marks that need polishing out so that it reflects accurately. Our mirror has to reflect accurately. Jesus tells us that as we abide in the vine, in John 15, that the Father is the vinedresser and prunes away dead wood. We must abide in Christ so that our dead bits are pruned away and our mirror is kept pure and spotless.

Today I encourage you to abide in Christ. Settle, marinate in Him. Allow His word to resonate around in your being. Amen