Light and Dark

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We live in the reality that there is both light and darkness around us at all times. This world has both good and evil, right and wrong. As believers we must grow in both our acceptance of this reality and our pursuit of the light. We must allow God to mold and shape us into those who rid ourselves of any darkness, become fully known to God, and allow his light to transform us into reflections of his Son. May the Lord open our eyes to see the glorious light before us this week.

Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 5:14, and today's worship is Let There Be Light by Hillsong Worship feat. Matt Crocker.

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0:00.0	We live in the reality that there is both light and darkness around us at all times.
0:10.0	This world has both good and evil, right and wrong.
0:14.0	As believers, we must grow in both our acceptance of this reality and our pursuit of the light.
0:20.0	We must allow God to mold and shape us
0:23.2	into those who rid ourselves of any darkness, become fully known to God, and allow His
0:29.1	light to transform us into reflections of His Son. May the Lord open our eyes to see the glorious
0:36.6	light before us this week. Welcome to the
0:39.7	First of Teen podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians 5, verse 14.
1:00.0	Scripture says, for anything that becomes visible is light.
1:05.0	Therefore it says,
1:07.0	Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. All throughout Scripture,
1:17.1	God reiterates a consistent, powerful metaphor, light and dark. Scripture depicts the darkness
1:24.0	as that which is without God, and light as that which has God in it.
1:29.3	As children of the light, it's vital for us to dive deeply into this concept of light and
1:34.8	dark, that we might experience the fullness of all God has made available to us.
1:41.1	We must accept that both light and dark exist, and that we can engage with both and learn
1:47.6	what it is to choose light at every turn. In Isaiah 42. 16, God says, I will lead the blind in a way
1:57.6	that they do not know, in paths that they have not known, and I will guide them.
2:03.6	I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground.
2:09.6	These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.
2:14.6	God has not left us to wander in darkness. He never leaves us or forsakes us. We who were
2:22.7	blind to the paths of God have had our eyes opened through the powerful sacrifice of Jesus.
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