The simplest definition of darkness is the absence of light. On the other hand, where there is even a spark or a ray of light, no darkness can prevail. It not only drives away and scatters the darkness, but it reigns over darkness and sets its limits. Furthermore, the greater the darkness, the more visible light becomes from a further distance.

The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, into the world, in a human form, in many passages of Scripture is referred to as the entrance of the Light into the darkness of the world. Jesus is the Light that illuminates every darkness, in any space and time of history. Where the Presence of Jesus is missing, there is darkness. What does it mean practically? It means that all who Jesus is, and all that He gives, is missing: truth, peace, love, forgiveness, life in abundance. However this reality can be seen only with our spiritual eyes. And this is also why Jesus came to us: to open our spiritual eyes, and to turn us from darkness to light (Acts 16:18, paraphrased).

The simplest definition of darkness is the absence of light.

A follower of Christ is someone who carries God’s light everywhere where there is darkness. It is a calling and a privilege of every Christ’s follower is to carry His light, that is, his presence, in us. The Lord Jesus said as He is the Light, His followers also will not walk in darkness, but they will carry in them the Light of Life (John 8:12).

We are moving in the spiritual reality. In various difficulties, challenges and problems it is worth remembering that He who is in us is greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4: 4). It is Jesus who brings light into every most difficult situation. And no matter what is the atmosphere around us, anyone who belongs to Christ, can bring His light into it, because it can not remain hidden (Matt. 5:14).

And despite the fact that the whole Christian world celebrates every year the birth of Jesus Christ, and Jews celebrate Hanukkah at approximately same time, the Festival of Lights, we all see an increasing need for the True Light. Light which shines upon every human being, and that is the very presence of Jesus Christ, the Savior. Isaiah prophesied about it several hundred years before the birth of Jesus. I believe that he addressed it also to us, the followers of Christ in the twenty-first century: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the people, but the Lord will rise upon you, and his glory will appear upon you (Isaiah 60:1-2, NASB).

God has put us in a very interesting time of history. We must remember, however, that the only Light for the modern world is Jesus Christ.

God has put us in a very interesting time of history. We must remember, however, that the only Light for the modern world is Jesus Christ. He dwells only in those who received Him. And only they are the carriers of His Light. God promises in the book of Isaiah, that others will recognize it: Nations will come to your light (Isa 60:3a). True Light has come into the world and cannot be hidden. It has to be a Light for the whole nation, and other nations.

People deserve to see Christ in those who call themselves children of God. It is therefore important to ask yourself the question: Do others, when meeting with me, have a chance to meet with the One who is the True Light?

Carrying God’s light When I walk in to a room, do I bring with me the Light that drives away all darkness? Does the presence of Christ in me make a shift in the atmosphere: changing sadness into joy, despair into hope, lack of meaning in life into life in abundance?