“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” -Genesis 1:3-4
Nearing the end of World War II, nearly two dozen navy pilots were on a return trip to their aircraft from a successful bombing raid on two Japanese ships. Flying in the dead of night, running low on fuel, the pilots could not locate the aircraft carrier. Fearing the loss of his men to the Pacific, Admiral Mitscher of the United States Navy ordered the fleet to turn on the lights; thereby risking their exposure to attack. The bold move that saved many. If you're lost in the sea of sin and darkness, trying frantically to find salvation. Jesus can save you; Jesus can turn on the lights.
The scripture tells us in Matthew 6:22 that if thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light. Paul desired that Christ would open the eyes of the lost and turn them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. He also wrote to the Corinthians for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Peter wrote of the daystar, which was Christ, which should arise in our hearts. John told of Christ being the light and the life of men. From the beginning, God divided the light from dark. In a natural sense, we need light to exist, to survive, and to prosper. People are naturally drawn to light. It is evident that we were not meant to live in darkness. God’s creation is a creation of light. We need light in a natural sense, and we need the light in a spiritual sense. Darkness is not God’s intention. Darkness is synonymous in the Word of God with sin. When you have sin in your heart, you have sin in your life. Therefore, you have darkness in your life. Sin will cause you to be lost in that darkness. Stumbling about from one thing to the next, groping blindly for that which cannot save. The only thing that can save us is the light. The light will banish all darkness, because darkness and light have been divided from the beginning. Jesus is the light, he is the Savior. When Christ comes into your heart, he will drive out the darkness. He will drive out all sin. Just as you cannot mix light and dark, so you cannot mix sin and righteousness. One must go. When Christ comes into your heart, you are turned from darkness to light.
From the beginning, God has put division between light and dark. As in nature, so it is in our own hearts, God wants light and darkness separate; sin and holiness,unrighteousness and righteousness. They cannot co-exist, so let there be light.
