Ramblings of a Believer

Football season is just around the corner and it’s no secret that I am giddy with anticipation! In honor of the season a bunch of us guys at work have decided to start an intramural flag football league (if for no other reason than to remind us of our glory years of High School). The plan is to play every Saturday morning at 7:00am. With the early kick-off , there are a few guys that have expressed less than eager anticipation at the prospect of waking up early on a Saturday morning. But imagine if we decided to play at 12:00 midnight, in a park, with no lights. What would happen? For starter no one would be able to see the ball if it were passed to them. Second, you would not be able to see the difference between your team’s players and the opposing team. Light needs to be cast over the field to expose the field of play and the opposing team.

Light is also the key ingredient to God’s existence. In 1 John 1:5 it says, “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” Not only is God light and without darkness, but with His light shining he exposes what is in the dark. Without God it is very difficult, if not impossible, to know the difference between what is good and what is evil. If we allow God to be present in all we do, He will clearly reveal what is good versus what is evil and allow us to live in the clarity of light.