Thursday's Devotion

Thursday, December 11, 1997

Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life." (John 8:12 NRSV)

The prophet Isaiah writes, "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord." And in Paul's letter to the Romans, we read, "For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light..." Jesus, in this Advent/Christmas season, comes to us to bring us the light of God.

Robert Caro wrote a book about Lyndon Johnson. Some of us may remember Johnson for his War on Poverty. Some of may remember him for sending us to Vietnam. But, the people in the Hill Country often remember him for something else.

The people would say, as Caro wrote in his book, "He brought the lights. No matter what Lyndon was like, we loved him because he brought the lights. There were talking about the fact that when Johnson became a congressman in 1937, at the age of 28, there was no electricity in the Hill Country. When he was elected to the Senate in 1948, most of his district had electricity. "He brought the lights.

That is what Jesus does for us in this season of lights. The book of John says it best, "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it."

Prayer: Dear God, come and bring your light to shine in the dark places of my life. Amen.

Written by: Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA

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