Light and Dark.

“The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.”

-Jesus

I’m a new college student. I’m at a time in my life when my future is so unclear, I can’t even tell you what I’m doing tomorrow. I feel like a blind man in a crowded place, where everyone seems to know where they’re headed, and I can’t even see the direction I’m facing. My only peace comes straight from the mouth of Jesus.

When Jesus said this to a crowd of Greeks in John 12:35, He was telling them of His coming death, and why He was sent in the first place. In verse 46, He says, “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” His explanation is simple. HE is light. If we walk with Him, there’s no way we can be in darkness.

My favorite part about all of this is how it relates to Psalm 139. In verses 11 and 12, David says, “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.” David wrote the Psalms long before Jesus walked the earth, and he already understood. God is light (therefore, Jesus is light), and wherever He is (everywhere), there IS light. With God, darkness does not exist.

I’m human. I can’t see the future. But, I’m not walking in the dark; I know where I’m going.. because Light is leading me!

-Rachel