I wanted to get some quick thoughts down before we begin night two of our annual Vacation Bible School.

I had a workshop today in Kings Mountain. When I was on my way back home, there was the darkest storm ahead. I could see it. The sky was pitch dark, but what struck me was the brightness of the sun in the area that I was still in. All I could think about was how the brightness of the sun made the darkness that much darker. Immediately as I thought about that, the Lord was kind to remind me of His Word.

Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

and then...

"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. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us" 1 John 1:5-10


If we have life in the Spirit, we should be walking in the light. And oh, beloved Christian, isn't it true that when we come to Christ sin gets darker....it become more clear to us. Praise the Lord that He shines His light into our lives so that we can see sin and, with the Spirit, seek to kill it.