Saturday,
November 26, 2022
HOW DEEP THE DARKNESS
John 1:1-5
1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The
same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was
life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Matt 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your
whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will
be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the
darkness! ESV
Charles Haddon
Spurgeon wrote a commentary on the Book of Matthew and in it he says this
about chapter 6: “The motive is the eye of the soul, and if it be clear, the
whole character will be right; but if it be polluted, our whole being will
become defiled. If our faith is
presumption, our zeal selfishness, our prayer formality, our hope a delusion,
our experience infatuation, the darkness is so great that even our Lord holds
up his hands in astonishment and says — “How great is that darkness! “
John wrote that the Light shone
in the darkness, but the darkness was not illuminated or made aware. The world
has walked so long in the darkness that it must close its eyes to the light to
find its familiar way. The very motives have become darkness and the light is
foreign and unwelcome.
Vince Gill wrote a very moving
Christmas song with lyrics that form an apt commentary on both John’s and
Matthew’s verses.
One Bright Star
Long, long ago in
a world dark and cold
The night so
still, winter's chill
One bright star
was shining
On a bed made of
hay, in a manger he lay
The shepherds
came, they knew his name
King of kings, a
brand-new day
They saw the
light in the darkness
It shines on us
in tenderness
It brings out the
hope that's in all of us
May it shine its
light on you this Christmas night
Dear Lord, on this day before the beginning of Advent, we reside in darkness,
but we rest in hope. Give light to those in deep darkness and fulfill the
expectation of those who hope. AMEN
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