Listen:
1 John 1:5-7
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Consider:
“I (almost) always come limping into Advent, desperate for light, but almost too tired to look for it. Then I remember, the Light came looking for me, and that’s the whole point.”
-Annie B Jones
We hear it time and again…God is our light. And yet, aren’t there times when it just feels dark in our world? We can’t seem to find the light we need, we don’t have the energy to go searching for this light we hear about, or perhaps we just don’t care enough in the moment to even try. The good news is this: God comes to us, God stays with us, God’s light seeks us out. There isn’t a journey we need to take in order to find it. We just need to look up.
That Light may come in the form of a friend asking just the right question at the right time. It may be a moment of peace that came at the exact right time. It may be a good night’s sleep when it’s needed the most. The Light comes looking for us in the most extraordinary and mundane ways. We just have to look up from time to time in order to notice it!
Respond:
Take 10 minutes today to do something that gives you rest (a nap, a walk outside, a 10 minute listen to quiet music). As you spend time in those moments of rest, pay attention to how you feel…perhaps a little warmer, a little lighter, a little more “cozy.” Is that the Light finding you?
Pray:
God of light and life, we spend so much time chasing things we believe will fill us, and forget that You never leave, never require our searching, we only need to look up to find you. Help us keep our eyes on your light and the many ways it shines in the everyday joys of life. Amen.
