I needed to shop for some food this day, and in the store was a person from some company, standing on one of these outfits that scissor to lift the person higher, changing light bulbs in the ceiling. The manager told me they had a contract with this company and unless it was done on a regular basis, “we would soon be half dark around here”.
Makes a fit subject for this day, doesn’t it? Because the subject of this day is mentioned in Psalm 14. Remember it? “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.” But recall how it continues? “They are corrupt; they are doing abominable works; there is none that doeth good.” What an indictment of a fool – corrupt, wrong-headed, wrong-thinking, and the result is “abominable works. None doeth good”.
By nature we live sin-darkened, unable to see, can’t know what the good is, for we are born in sin. St. Paul says we are living here where we “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph. 6,12.
What a terrible state to be in. And without help. And, thank God, there is such help, for God “has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” 1 Peter 2,9. Paul adds to this that “God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus. 2 Cor.4,6.
So, like the company that keeps the shopping center lit, let us ever turn to our God, and the Bible, the Book He gave us, to enlighten us by His Holy Spirit. Thank God For this Light.
GPD 4/1/09
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