WE PONDERED YESTERDAY on: “In him was life, and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). We saw that the moment this thing we call life is put in Him by surrender and obedience it begins to live. Begins to live in thought—the noncreative begin to be creative; in emotion—the noncaring begin to care; in will—the nonacting begin to act wherever human need presents itself. When you touch Him you begin to live—to live to your fingertips and beyond! The point is that just as a magnet magnetizes all it touches, so He makes living and life-giving all He touches. “The life was the light of men”—where that life comes it turns into light—light on this business of living, not for some men, but for men, universally.
The life of Jesus has literally become light for all men. George Bernard Shaw, whom no one would think of as being an avowed Christian, said: “After reviewing the world of human events for sixty years, I am prepared to say that I see no other way out of the world’s misery except the way that Christ would take if He should undertake the work of a modern statesman.” A little boy of twelve stood listening to the description of crime by a guide in the headquarters of the FBI, in Washington, and he spoke up and said to the whole crowd, “It’s certain that these people never knew Jesus, or they wouldn’t be doing this kind of thing.” The guide came and put his arm around the boy and said, “Son, you said something.” The great dramatist and the little boy both converge on one thing—the life of Jesus is the light of men. Wherever He comes there is light; wherever He is not there is darkness. There is no exception.
Thou Light of the World, may I take Thee as my light and only light. When I follow Thee I walk in light; when I don’t follow Thee I stumble in darkness. In every situation Thou art light. May I take Thee into every situation in my total life. In His name. Amen.
AFFIRMATION FOR THE DAY: I shall walk in the light until I shall become light.
