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“But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like
a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor
of darkness” – 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
Tell me how
long is a nanosecond? Do you even know
what a nanosecond is?From our youth we learned that the speed of light is 186,282 miles per second. That is an enormous, nearly unmanageable data point when considering a photon of light actually traveling in a guided path around the world 7 times in one second. We cannot fathom the distance that light travels in miles, because we don’t see light for miles away, we see it for much shorter distances. A typical room might be 12 feet wide, the headlights of a car coming at us can be seen from ½ mile away (2640 feet). At the speed of light a single photon will travel approximately one foot (30 cm) in one nanosecond, or one billionth of a second. So when you enter a dark room, you turn on the light switch and the room is immediately filled with light, this time is measured in nanoseconds. I imagine that the time it takes for the light photons to fill a room is not something you have considered before, because it seems instantaneous, but it’s not. It is just so incredibly fast that your eyes cannot comprehend the difference in a manner fast enough for your brain to realize that time has passed.
As I shared yesterday, darkness exists in the absence of light. The world is in absolute darkness, except for the light of the sun, the stars, the moon reflecting the sun’s light and the manmade electronic version of light. As you think of the light within you though, it is the same philosophy. We are born into sin, unrighteousness and darkness, by the nature of mankind’s rebellion against God. This stems all the way to Adam and Eve, and their rebellion in the Garden of Eden. Inherently then, we carry this same proclivity to rebel and sin. So, with a hardened heart and darkness that consumes our being, we are unable to be in the presence of God’s holiness and perfection. Heaven is not attainable in our human state of sin. This is why God took it upon Himself to make a way. That way being Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God and the Light of the World. He came that we might find salvation and redemption for our sinful actions, and enter into heaven washed clean of our transgressions and sin. We must first embrace the light of salvation and accept that we are incapable of achieving this perfection and sinlessness on our own. We must be filled with the light of the Son of Man to overcome the darkness of the word, and only then are we able to share that light with others.
Just as when your neighbor turns on his porch light the light waves flow within nanoseconds to your pupils, others will see the light of Christ coming from you after you have embraced it. There is nothing you need to do to perfect this light, for it is already perfect. You must simply let His love, kindness, mercy, forgiveness, compassion, peace, servant heart and grace flow through you. Others will then be attracted to the light as well, giving you the perfect opportunity to encourage them with goodness and love as the light comes from you.
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