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Will you choose the Light?

Every year I look forward to the gardening season. For me, the long winter months seem shortened as seed catalogs begin arriving in January. By February I’ve started seeds indoors, hoping to have plants ready to go into the garden by late March. 

I place the small pots in my windowsill and soon, little green sprouts are pushing through the soil. Even with my carefully placed light bulbs there never seems to be enough light as those sprouts lean toward the source, trying to gain their first set of leaves. 

Plants were created to need light. Lots of light. We were created with the same need.

Without that light, we are left to wander through life without direction. Looking for comfort or satisfaction for our current circumstances, we often use others as our measure of comparison. We either decide we aren’t doing so poorly, or that maybe we need to step up our game a bit. But people should never be our standard of comparison. 

The truth of God’s word is our standard, our light. It will shine in the dark places of our hearts, encouraging us to grow and lean in the right direction, if we will access it.   

Without that light we will live in darkness—darkness that covers and hides. This spiritual darkness is where our enemy lives and speaks his lies. It is a place of sin, bondage, and death.

Light is a place of love and life. Light is where we flourish and grow, allowing our sin to be uncovered and exposed to the truths of God. Light gives us direction and illumines the path of our purpose. 

Light and darkness cannot dwell together, for light casts out the darkness. Will you choose the light of freedom over the bondage of darkness? It’s your choice.

Choose to live in the light, or you will stumble in the darkness.