“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6
The sun dawns and greets me each morning as it slowly creeps up behind my pool. As it rises, I stand in the kitchen dumping coffee grounds into the coffee press, a morning ritual as common as every morning’s sunrise. As the sun slowly makes it way up into the sky, it pours light through the screen enclosure and dances on the surface of the pool. The dancing rays bounce off the sliding glass door and come right into my kitchen. I watch it dance around the kitchen, reminding me of the tiny flying fairy, Tinker Bell.
In the rays of sunlight, I also see dust and grime on the countertops. The sun shines like a spotlight, highlighting the dust I can’t see with the naked eye. Amazingly, the house had been dusted just a day or two before. Yet, it looks as though it hasn’t been cleaned in weeks.
It’s amazing how the brightness of pure light reveals what is usually hidden and unseen.
The same happens when I open God’s Word. His light shines through the pages and into my heart, revealing things of which I was unaware. The sins and idols that lie hidden in dark corners of my heart are revealed beneath the bright light of God’s truth.
“The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” Psalm 119:130
When I’ve not been in the Word for a while, I don’t realize the weeds that have taken root in my heart. Like the dust on my counters that I cannot see without the bright sunlight, without God’s Word shining in my heart, I won’t see the sins that are sprouting in the darkness.
It’s a continual immersion in the cleansing Words of Christ that reveals my sin. Seeing those sins reminds me of my ongoing need to be covered with the grace of the gospel. The light of the Word draws me to the foot of the cross in repentance and the gospel’s power radiates forgiveness over me.
It was a blinding light that brought Saul to Christ. Without His light shining in the darkness of my heart, I would not be able to see His love and grace. The light that revealed dust on my kitchen counters moved me to clean it up. The bright light of His Word moves me to freedom-freedom to repent and remove the idols of my heart.
And it’s that same light that delivers me from sin so that I can live for Him, dancing freely in the sparkling rays of His grace.
“Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.” Psalm 43:3
Linking up with:
Word Filled Wednesday and Intentional.Me
I am so with you my friend, for the sunlight showing the dust I rather not see and the Light of God’s Word revealing the truth of my mess, I must see.
Truth spoken… so good!
hoppin’ over from WLWW..
. thoughts concerning allowing God to cleanse us and show us those hidden places of our hearts… So grateful for His word and the power of the Holy Spirit to prick us and bring us to His cleansing power!
thanks for sharing! ironically, i shared similar thoughts on my blog
Beautiful post! new to your blog and I love it!
Beautifully written! I love His life changing Word and wonder why I don’t dive into it more. Everytime I do, I am always changed. I stay so close to Him. Thanks for the reminder.
Blessings!
Isn’t God’s Word awesome?! How powerful it is and I’m so grateful for what it reveals. Thanks for this metaphor-for seeing His truth in the mundane, Christine.
sunlight and glasses…as I have gotten older, I realized I need glasses on when I clean. I had a shock one day when I was cleaning and saw how much I missed when my glasses are on…just like you said…God’s spirit..God’s Word.
I will email soon…I usually don’t ask…but you might want to hope over and read my post today…God used you today my friend….blessings~
I read it! I love how God encourages us through others. Looking forward to hearing from you!
What a peaceful, gorgeous setting to awake to every day! I love how you live in the light, my friend. Keep shining!
As much “dust” as we collect, isn’t it good to know that “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” (John 1:5 NLT)???
Love how He draws us back into the light where we can have fellowship with Him! Blessings!
This is a beautiful post, with beautiful imagery. It’s so, so true - we need that light to reveal the darkness we’ve been living in, the filth we’re covered in. The light takes away our ability to delude ourselves, makes us face what we really are, and, facing that, realize that we have little choice but to fall upon His mercy and grace. Praise God for light! Thank you so much for sharing this!
so grateful for how His word shines light and gives us a chance to confess and let Him clean us up…wonderful imagery…Nice to meet you, Christina
God’s WORDS are so powerful - love this devotion and love the picture… I’d like to dive right in
The coffee press, its how we do coffee too . . .that just stood out to me for some strange reason. Thinking about how much I love the morning light, how I want to capture it, savor its shadows that dance and thankful for the light the reveals who we are in Christ. Lovely words today from lovely you.
The French press is the best way to do coffee! I can’t drink it any other way:)
Very encouraging post! Time in the Word to just bask in His Truth and let His heart and mind flow over us is so refreshing! Thanks for sharing this on Thought Provoking Thursday link-up.
I’m new to your blog, and it’s lovely. Very encouraging and beautiful post!!!
This was a soothing post for me to read. Your photo and description of the light took hold of me from the beginning. And I agree - it is just like a light shining on the dust when I’ve been away from the Word and get back to it. Thank you for that reminder.
Amen!!! I need to be in the Word…it keeps me stable and God reveals so much that needs to change in me.
I forgot to mention that I shared a link to this post this morning on my blog!
Blessings,
Sharon
You are so sweet! Blessings!