Light and dark

John 8:12
12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 

Light and dark. Christ is light, we know that from the scripture above at the very least! We know Christ forgives our sins and gives us hope. We know because of Him, we will spend eternity in heaven. So who is darkness?

Having just read Billy Graham's book, Where I Am, I can tell you Billy makes it very clear that the darkness is Satan and his lies. Lies like you will never be good enough, you can't do anything right, everyone does things better than you, no matter how hard you try you always mess things up, you are useless. Those are all lies Satan wants you to believe, because if he can get you to believe his lies he might be able you convince you that Jesus Christ can't save you and couldn't possibly love you. If he can convince you of that, he can win your soul. 

God however, sent His son to die for all the mistakes and blunders we could possibly make...no matter how big or small. He covers them with the sacrifice He made on the cross. As far as God is concerned, that is good enough...we are made new with no more sin or guilt.

So the next time you are feeling you can't do anything right, remember God sent His Son, Jesus, to ensure that you can know that just isn't true. We are human, and as such we will sin. However, we have Jesus Christ to take that sin away and make us pure and holy with God. We can do things right, through Him!

Father, we thank you for sending your Son. Jesus, we thank you for dying on the cross for our sins, so that we can be found perfect with our holy God. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.