Saturday, December 14, 2002
Saturday, December 14, 2002
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
President Borja had been involved in the struggle for democracy in Ecuador. The military
cracked down, and he was arrested. Without trial, they threw him into a cold dungeon with no
light and no window. No one knew where he was, and for three days he lived in solitary
darkness.
Just when the situation seemed unbearable, the huge steel door to his cell opened, and
someone crept into the darkness. He heard the person working on something in the opposite
corner. Then the figure crept out, closed the door, and disappeared.
Minutes later the room suddenly blazed with light. Someone, perhaps taking his life into his
hands, had connected electricity to the broken light fixture. The darkness of the dungeon was
gone. "From that moment," said the President, "my imprisonment had meaning because at least
I could see."
Jesus is the light of the world!
(John 1.5
NRSV)
Chuck Colson and several other Christian leaders had a meeting with the President of Ecuador.
Their purpose was to discuss a ministry in Ecuadorian penitentiaries. They had barely begun to
speak when the President interrupted the conversation with a story--the story of his own
imprisonment.
Dear God, thank you for bringing the light of Jesus into my life. Amen.
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