LIGHT

There's an account I've read in the Bible so many times, but I made a recent new discovery in it.  It's a story about light and darkness even though I'd never read it that way before.

It's about a woman who has committed adultery.  The leaders of the day wanted to kill her on the spot - stone her.  They asked Jesus what He thought should be done with her.

It's at this point in the account that Jesus makes this famous statement known to almost everybody, whether you're a believer in Christ or not:  'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'  

We're told that after hearing that all the accusers drop their rocks and walk away.

Jesus turns to the woman:  'Where are your accusers?'
No one.
'I don't condemn you either; go and leave your walk of sin.'

Her life was changed that day.

I've preached that story numerous times over the years.  It's in the Gospel of John, verses 8 through 11.  But usually I stopped there and never thought to keep reading.  Here's what the very next verse says - Jesus speaking:  'I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'

See what I did inside her, Jesus says.  I showed her light.

I can do that for you.  I have light for your emotions.  I have light for your marriage.  I have light for your children.  I have light for your health.  

He has light for you.