A Bath and a Clean Set of Clothes
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1Jo1.7 NKJV
It is amazing what can look like a deer in the fading light. In my hunting days, I raised my rifle scope to look at shrubs, bails of hay, stumps-just about anything that would play tricks on my eyes as the sun would set. Some things would look so much like a deer I could only laugh when I walked over and inspected it with a flash light. Of course the rule in hunting is that when you are in doubt, don’t. A good hunter never shoots at anything unless absolutely sure.
It is amazing what tricks the darkness of this world can play on the eyes of the soul. What looks menacing may in fact be benign, what appears safe may actually be a threat. There can be so many doubts and uncertainties in this dark world, this place where the sun set long ago in Adam‘s disobedience.
Light has come into our world-the very light of Christ. His light shows things as they really are. His light enables us to see. This is another way of saying that Christ is Truth. To walk in the light then, is to walk in His truth--the truth about God, about myself, others and the created world.
Jesus would light our way to the Father and to one another. He would have us see all as it really is. And though He will ultimately remove all uncertainty, doubt and fear, we must first see how soiled we’ve become. But, as His truth reveals all the dirt and filth from our years of groping in the darkness, He promises a bath and a clean set of clothes. 7/20/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
