Walk in the Light

"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1 John 1: 5-9

We finally rearranged our bedroom several weeks ago. Where I had the bed placed made the room look great, but it had one major flaw. There was a windowsill, right at hip-height on my side of the bed. There was plenty of room to walk, but invariably, after answering the late night "Mommy" call from Joelle, I would hit my hip on that sill and wake up with a nasty bruise. Never once did I hit it during the day, only at night when it was dark. Moved the bed...no more bruises. Yeah! Reminds me of 1 John. There is no safer place then walking in the light of God's Word.

John says that because God is light, there is absolutely NO DARKNESS in Him (v.5).
What are the implications of this truth for our relationship with God?
Are there any dark spots in your life?
Anything you think is "hidden" from Him?
Who are we deceiving if we defend ourselves and claim to be innocent when we have in fact sinned?
How does this affect our relationship with God and with others?

"If we feel we are innocent and have nothing to be broken about, it is not that these things are not there but that we have not seen them. We have been living in a realm of illusion about ourselves." -Roy Hession

Have a blessed day and may God shine the light of his love into the deepest, darkest parts of our hearts causing us to run to Him in repentance for forgiveness so that we will be found walking in the light.