John 1:9-10

John 1:9-10 The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into the Light. He was in the world, the world was there through him and yet the world didn't even notice. (The Message)

The Message starts by saying 'There once was a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light, but he was there to show the way to the Light.

When I read verse 9, I envision a theater. A theater, void of actors, with only a bright spotlight shining down onto the stage floor, a huge circle right smack in the middle and when an actor comes onto the stage, he knows to go into the light if he wants everyone to see him.

Our lives are like a stage with God as our spotlight. We have a choice of either going into the light or staying in the dark on the sidelines.

Think of it this way. When a play is over and the spotlight is turned off, the theater is dark and empty. There is nothing.

Yet God's spotlight never will go out and our lives will never be dark and empty. Let's follow John's lead and find the light and have everything.

Nancy