God is Light | His Glory My Joy, a blog of Author Luana Ehrlich

To See Light, Be in The Light

May 4, 2021 Leave a comment

Summer is fast approaching, and while Fall is my favorite time of the year, I also enjoy the summer months because I love sunshine.

Light brightens my soul, both literally and figuratively. There’s a wonderful verse in Psalm 36:9, which I have always found fascinating.

“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.”

It’s intriguing because it seems to imply the more we walk in His Light, the more we see His Light.

I know the opposite is true, that is, the more we dwell on the dark things of this world, the darker we become, so perhaps this verse isn’t that surprising.

Another similar verse in I John 1:5 teaches us the same thing. “God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.”

While there are many aspects of our world today that seem to be dark, we are not left without light. We can always look to the one in whom is no darkness.

We can look to “the light of the glory of God as seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” II Corinthians 4:6.

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Whenever I have the privilege of signing my book for someone, I do so with this inscription: “Walk in His Light.” I follow that with my name, and, of course, if the request comes from someone who wants a personal inscription, I begin my inscription with a personalized autograph.

However, from this point forward, I’ve decided to add a Scripture reference to my inscription of “Walk in His Light.” I’m doing so because some readers seem puzzled when they read that phrase, and I want to make it perfectly clear what I mean by pointing them to a verse summarizing the thought behind my words.

Although the Bible references God as Light throughout both the Old and New Testaments (Psalm 119:105; John 8:12), I’ve always loved 2 Corinthians 4:6 as a beautiful, yet understandable, verse which explains what happens when a person begins a personal relationship with the God of the Universe in the person of His son Jesus.

This reference will now appear below my signature. 2 Corinthians 4:6.

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

When I write “Walk in His Light,” I’m voicing a prayer that my reader will look in the face of Jesus, see the glory of God, cling to His provision for salvation in Christ, and follow that Light wherever He may lead.

May you “Walk in His Light” today.

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It Doesn’t Really Make Sense

February 11, 2015 2 comments

I’m a very practical person, and I like for things to make sense, to be understandable, well-ordered. That’s why, whenever I’m reading the Bible and come across a verse that doesn’t make sense, it immediately gets my attention.

I read this verse in my Quiet Time this morning. Psalm 36:9, “For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.”

It was the last part of the verse that got my attention because, normally, when believers speak of seeing God or drawing closer to God or sensing the presence of God, there is an emphasis on the fact that it’s during the dark days, when God is most easily perceived.

However, like many aspects of living in God’s Kingdom, man’s way of thinking is reversed. Living in God’s Kingdom means “the first shall be last.” God says if you want to be great, “be a servant.” He admonishes believers to “repay evil with good” and “love your enemies.”

Thus, even though it’s true that the light of His Presence can sometimes be more easily seen when darkness envelops our world, the more we walk in His Light, the more we see His Light.

That’s because, as John writes in I John 1:5, “God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all,” so, the closer we walk toward the source of light, the brighter the light becomes.

Now that makes sense.