Dec 21st, 2021: The Battle between Light and Darkness


John 12:46 gives us more understanding of why God has sent Jesus into the world. It is the battle between Light and Darkness.


“I have come into the world as light so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” 


Light and darkness cannot co-exist. Light reveals what darkness has hidden. What happens to us when we choose to remain in darkness?


A) We are helpless. It is hard to find our way in darkness. We cannot either look back or see ahead. We live in a great deal of uncertainty. We can walk, but every single step is risky. We do not have any idea what danger we might have to encounter. We live in the open sea of immorality without any compass.


B) We are spiritually bankrupt: We have the feeling that we are going through that darkness these days. Everything has changed, and we are overwhelmed by the lack of moral certainty. Maybe we cannot deal with this virus effectively because we have no common moral foundation to establish trust and authority. 


C) We are blind: We cannot see beyond ourselves when we live in the midst of our spiritual poverty. Nothing makes sense because our existence does not have any meaning. We are blind because of the pervasive darkness. We fail to appreciate our life experiences because we have trivialized their purposes.


Let us pray that our eyes will be open, so we will have the courage to walk away from our own darkness. Celebrating Christmas means welcoming the light into the dark part of our human soul.

 

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