Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Title: The light of Jesus
By Wong King Wai

John 1:5 – The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

In this verse, Jesus is the light and the second part of the verse refers to the world that did not understand or comprehend (some translations use these words) who Jesus is and what He brings to the world.

Jesus being the light, illuminates our lives. He offers us hope and a new way of living. But being sinful creatures, many a time we think we can bargain and manipulate God to do things our way rather than submitting to and obeying God’s way. It is only after we have truly surrendered every part of ourselves to God, can we see true transformation and growth.

As a youth teacher many years back, I recall sharing with my youth then, an illustration. Our body is like a house. After we have invited Jesus into our life, we sit in the living room, which is nicely designed and clean. But more often than not, we just keep Jesus in the living room and never invite Him to the other parts of the house including the dark areas of our life like the store room where we keep all sorts of stuff that we don’t want others to see. Or the attic where the things we don’t want to see are kept away from our own eyes.

Until we allow Jesus into every part of our house/life, we will continue to struggle with hidden sins and may come to a point where we don’t feel we want to follow God because He “cramps” our style, makes it difficult to do business or we are afraid that people will think poorly of us.

Whatever the case may be, by allowing Jesus to illuminate the dark corners of your life will help set you free from bondages, bad habits and desires that keep you from fully experiencing God’s grace, mercy and love.

Jesus’ love is demonstrated by His sacrifice on the cross. The way He died, should inform us how terrible sin is and how you and I have been saved by God paying a great cost. Such a sacrifice is not something to be flippant about nor should it be ignored. It is scary to reveal to God the things we would rather not face in the light but rest assured Jesus is not here to condemn but is here to set the captives free. It is time to stop struggling and invite Jesus into the areas in your life that needs His light to reveal what you need to surrender to Him, so that you can receive and experience deliverance and peace in your life.

PRAYER: Our Father in Heaven. Thank You for sending Jesus to the earth and to die for me. Without His sacrifice I would have no hope or light in my life. Thank You for giving me a way out of darkness. Help me to comprehend the light and to let Jesus set me free from hidden sins that hold me back from experiencing You fully. I thank You and pray all these in Jesus’ name. AMEN.

每日灵粮
星期三, 2021年4月28日
标题：耶稣的光
作者：黄经为弟兄
翻译：陈健萍姐妹

约翰福音1:5 光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。

在这一节中，耶稣是光，这节的第二部分指的是世人不明白或不理解(一些译本使用这些词)耶稣是谁，以及祂给世人带来什么。

耶稣是光，照亮了我们的生命；祂给了我们希望和一种新的生活方式。但是，既为有罪的人，很多时候我们以为可以与上帝讨价还价，操纵上帝按照我们的方式行事，而不是顺服和听从祂的方式。只有当我们完全降服于上帝之后，我们才能看见真正的转化和成长。

多年前，作为一名青年的导师，我回忆起当时我与青年分享一个例证。我们的身体好比一座房子。我们邀请耶稣进入我们的生命之后，我们坐在客厅里，客厅设计得很好，也很干净。但更多的时候，我们只是把耶稣留在客厅里，从不邀请祂到房子的其他地方，包括我们生命中的黑暗地区，比如储藏室，我们在那里存放各种我们不想让别人看到的东西；或者是阁楼，在那里我们不想看到的东西会远离我们自己的视线之外。

除非我们允许耶稣进入我们的家/生命的每一个角落，否则我们将继续与隐藏的罪恶挣扎，而且可能会到一个我们不想跟随上帝的地步，因为祂 “约束” 了 我们的作风，使我们难以办事，或者我们担心人们会看不起我们。

不管是什么情况，让耶稣照亮您生命中的黑暗角落会帮助您从束缚、坏习惯和欲望中解脱出来，它们会让您无法充分体验上帝的恩典、怜悯和慈爱。

耶稣在十字架上的牺牲展示了祂的爱。祂死的方式，应该可告知我们罪是多么可怕，以及您和我是如何被上帝付出巨大的代价拯救的。这样的牺牲既不容轻忽，也不应被忽视。向上帝揭示我们不愿在光明中面对的事情是可怕的，但请放心，耶稣来不是要定罪，而是要释放被俘的人。现在是停止挣扎的时候了，邀请耶稣进入您生命中需要祂的光的领域，让祂的光向您揭示有什么需要降服于祂的，以致您能在生命中领受并经历拯救与平安。

祷告 ：我们在天上的父，感谢祢差耶稣来到世上为我而死。没有祂的牺牲，我的生命就没有希望和光明。谢谢祢给我脱离黑暗的出路。帮助我领悟这光，让耶稣把我从阻碍我完全体验祢的隐藏的罪孽中释放出来。我感谢祢，并奉耶稣的名向祢祷告。阿们。