Daily Devotional 11-15-2021
Psa 27:1-3 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom should I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom should I dread? (2) When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. (3) Though an army deploys against me, my heart will not be afraid; though a war breaks out against me, I will still be confident. David expressed great confidence in the Lord: because the Lord was his Light… Salvation, and Stronghold, nobody could harm him. Light signifies understanding, joy, and life and the stronghold signifies defense. With these provisions from the Lord, whom shall a believer fear? Obviously the answer is no one.
Daily Devotional 8-13-2021
1Jn 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. Here he began with something he had heard from the Lord Jesus Christ whose Incarnation he had just referred to verses 1-2. The content of this “message,” as John expressed it, is that God is Light; in Him there is no darkness at all. In describing God as Light, John was no doubt thinking of God as the Revealer of His holiness. As Light, God both exposes man’s sin and condemns it. If anyone walks in darkness, he is hiding from the truth which the Light reveals. The transition from darkness into Light is what brings about salvation.