THE SHINING LIGHT
“But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light – Ephesians 5:13.” Light was the first thing God commanded into being in the beginning of creation. If we are indeed children of our Father in heaven, the first thing we must be sure of before proceeding to do anything worth doing is light. We must be fully persuaded that there must be light. This is what we must seek; and we shall have. Without light, the state of all things will still follow the pattern as they were in the beginning – empty, void and without form. It is wise for us not to begin anything unless light is available. Why should we stumble on the way? "But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him - Jn. 11:10." One of the functions of the lights (the greater and the lesser) in the scripture is to be a sign for differentiating times and seasons. However, such light needs the presence of darkness to an extent to make t...