Knowledge is like a light. It opens our eyes to understanding how things work and why others behave as they do.

The world has struggled without light since Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden.

By the time of Moses, God was eager to wash away the darkness people lived in. The world needed a constant light, explicit directions of what goodness was. People couldn’t see.

God’s banner over Israel was light. He gave them His law to help light their way. As they wandered the wilderness He led them, day and night, burning as a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire. When their wanderings were through, He ordered a light to be constantly lit in the temple.

Then, finally the permanent light came. Jesus! He boldly declared, “I Am the light of the world.” Jesus: God’s law. Jesus: God’s love. Both are the same.

Now, our world has sprinkles of light. It sits on bookshelves, quietly waiting to direct people’s steps. It shines in people’s ideas, in their helping hands, in their understanding eyes, in their measured steps. Light is finally, permanently here. It is in us. He is in us.

Shine! Light the way for those around you.