Lights On

When it rains and I’m driving, I’m supposed to keep my lights on. This is really more for others to see me than for me to see where I’m going. When it rains the visibility changes and light help illuminate all the cars that are on the road that I have to contend with.

Light is one of the most amazing creations. The Lord created the sun to light the day and the moon to light the night. A guy named Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb. Now lights come in many different forms…incandescent, fluorescent and recently more popular LED lighting.

The Lord gave Moses and the Israelites instructions regarding keeping the lights on at the Tabernacle. He wanted continually light near the most Holy Place as well as the courtyard and entrance. Check this out…

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 ‘Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually. 3 Outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 4 The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually. (Leviticus 24:1-4 NIV)

Light is silent – it just shines. (The fixtures that deliver light can sometimes noisy, but the light itself is silent.) Light pushes out and exposes darkness. While the darkness hides things, light illuminates for all to see. When my children were small we had nightlights all around the house. There are now lights on routers, refrigerators and other electronics that burn continuously and serve a double purpose as a night-light.

I believe that the Lord loves light. I believe that light is positive and hopeful while darkness is somewhat negative and can be devastating. I like the early morning light as the day wakes up. The daylight reveals what was unseen in the dark of night. I also believe that things done in darkness will be revealed in the light. Lightening is critical to a photographer as the item being photographed looks totally different when illuminated differently.

I wonder what my heart reveals when it is illuminated. I need to use the Word of God from several different angles to investigate my heart. I need to keep the Word as light as “lamp for my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105 NIV). I need to cultivate the continuous presence of the Light of The World in my life.

Pressing On!

Dwayne