Light

Open up, let the Light in...
--steffany gretzinger


1 John 1:5 And this is the message, the message of promise which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all -no, not in any way.

Psalm 18:28 For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.

Isaiah 49:9 Saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in spiritual darkness, Show yourselves, come into the light of the Sun of righteousness. They shall feed in all the ways in which they go, and their pastures shall be not in deserts, but on all the bare grass-covered hills.

2 Corinthians 4:4-7 For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds that they should not discern the truth, preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ the Messiah, Who is the Image and Likeness of God. For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves merely as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as to beam forth the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed in the face of Jesus Christ the Messiah. However, we possess this precious treasure -the divine Light of the Gospel -in frail, human vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.

Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.” John 8:12

“Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light." Matthew 6:22


Lord, let the Light of Your Presence penetrate any darkness in our lives. Let it infiltrate every space there is. Let all voids, all closed-off places, all secret places of our hearts be brought into Your Light. The light that brings life. The light that brings revelation. The light that brings joy...the kind that lifts our countenance and spirits upward. Let Your light shine inside of us, that we would reveal Your light to those still in darkness… that they'd be saved from dark places by Your light. Your light is truth. Your light is just. Your light is warm. Your light is powerful - much more so than darkness. Your light is a guide, leading us on a good path…to mercy and to goodness. Your light shows us how and where to walk. Your light gives us hope. Your light is beauty. Your light is majesty. Your light is pure. Your light is joy. Your light is love. Let our eyes look upon You. Be ever before us. As we look upon You, our eyes beholding You, we shall be filled with Your light. Brilliant light. Thank You Jesus!