Dark vs. Light

Toward a New Creation
A World Gone Wrong

Ignoring God's Truth Within Us

John 1:1-13  The Message (MSG)

The Life-Light

1 ^1-2 The Word was first,
the Word present to God,
    God present to the Word.
The Word was God,
    in readiness for God from day one.

^3-5 Everything was created through him;
    nothing—not one thing!—
    came into being without him.
What came into existence was Life,
    and the Life was Light to live by.
The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness;
    the darkness couldn’t put it out.

^6-8 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; he was there to show the way to the Light.

^9-13 The Life-Light was the real thing:
    Every person entering Life
    he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
    the world was there through him,
    and yet the world didn’t even notice.
He came to his own people,
    but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him,
    who believed he was who he claimed
    and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
    their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
    not blood-begotten,
    not flesh-begotten,
    not sex-begotten.

For Reflection

God created the world.  As its creator, God is infused into all of God's creation.  Therefore, God is also in each of us; dark skinned or light, God fearing or atheist, the best and the worst of us, All of Us.

God also gave us free will. Freedom to choose light over dark,  obedience over disobedience, commitment over sin.  The truth lies within us. Why, then, do we continue to ignore it?

Selfishness and self-determination are seductive alternatives to humility and trust in God.  And yet, those of us who accept the truth which resides within us, choose to work for justice and peace.  The Spirit within us moves toward compassion and love and in the process displaces sin.  We become the child-of-God selves we are meant to be.

Pray

that you will listen to the Spirit of God which resides within you.  Pray that you will witness to the power of love.  Pray that you will always work for justice, forgiveness, compassion and peace.