Get Enough “Son” Light

“Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.” – John 1:4&5

I love the idea of light being so powerful that there is absolutely no darkness it can’t overcome.

I love it because I love sunshine. Every time I begin to get low I immediately seek light. Just stepping out into it makes the biggest difference in my mood. Everything about sunlight helps me, as if it brings me back to life.

The feeling of being revived is one that I never get tired of. Every single time I step outside I feel just as free and alive. So when I think about the massive impact sunlight has on me, thinking about the light of Jesus seems too much to even fathom.

The holy light. The eternal light. The life-giving ad soul-saving light.

How much more can the light of Christ warm and revive me than the sun rays He created?

Yet, do I seek the warmth of the Son as eagerly as I seek the warmth of the sun? Do I seek to be revived by the true life Giver rather than His small, created life-giver? Am I as earnest to step into His light as I am to step into this brilliant star’s?

Sadly, the answer is no. I seek the created much more than I seek the Creator. I seek the light the gives life temporarily rather than the light that gives eternal life. I walk physically in the light while walking spiritually in the dark.

It is true, the sun gives life to this world. Without it, we wouldn’t survive long. Plunging this world into darkness for an extended period of time would be the end of all living organisms. Everything would suffer and then die off. We absolutely NEED the sun. We need it to keep burning, to keep pulling us into it’s orbit. We need it to rise over that horizon every morning. I can’t, and won’t, day that very obvious fact.

But, I can’t help but notice the similarities between God’s Son and our sun. I don’t think it was a happy accident that God made the center of our solar system a star called the sun, when His Son is also the center of our lives – our orbit – and is what keeps us alive. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the light of Jesus keeps us alive just as the light of the sun does. I don’t believe the Lord was unaware of this parallel – because I’m looking at it now and can’t believe I’ve missed such an obvious expression of Himself in this world.

I see it now though and all I want to do is bask in the warmth of both. I want to sit outside for hours and feel the love of the Father – to be so unbelievably grateful for this magnificent gift that I’ve been given.

Because w o w.

How do I do this every moment of my life? How do I get to experience this feeling each moment I’m alive? I never want to move from this spot, but that’s a little impractical. How do I stay revived in those too frequent times without the sunlight? Well, I believe the answer is that I’m focusing on the wrong light to keep me going.

I can bask in the warmth – in the light and life – of Jesus wherever I’m at. I can experience this feeling by being in constant connection with Jesus. Continual prayer, daily bible times, church, worship sessions, and having community with other believers. Even simply sitting in silence in His presence. The warmth of the Lord is wherever I am because He has promised to always be with me.

I just become so focused on the physicality of it all. If I can’t “feel” Him or “see” Him, then I can’t experience His warmth. But, that’s simply not the truth. I can, and do, experience the light of Christ every single day. Every morning that I wake up is an extension, an experience, of God’s life-giving light. I have to get past my own ideas and exceptions. Sometimes that means walking in physical or mental darkness, but being in spiritual light. Sometimes it means not understanding or seeing the point of a situation or season, but having complete faith that the Lord sees and knows all.

Because unlike the sunlight, the Son’s light shines from within. No matter how dark it is outside, the inside is always alive and breathing. The Son’s light allows no shadows to be created and causes them to run in fear of His brilliance. The Son’s light makes the sunlight seem dim and far away. There is no end to it’s reach. There is no limit in it’s time of burning.

It is eternal and infinite.

It is life-giving and life-restoring, because it is life.

Without the Son’s light, there is no sunlight.