GLORY OF THE SON – LIGHT

“I am the LIGHT of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the LIGHT of LIFE” – John 8:12

If the glory of the sun is so unique; much more is the GLORY of the SON as attested to in John 1: 14 – “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld HIS GLORY, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The SON created the SUN, with all of its glory. No other glory can be compared with the GLORY of the SON. His Glory is infinite, unquantifiable, and beyond comprehension. The glory of the sun – imperfect as it is – however illustrates some gems about the Glory of the Son! The Lord opened my eyes to three key dimensions of Divine Glory: His LIGHT, His LOVE, and His LIFE. The Son of God – the Sun of Righteousness – is simultaneously Light, Love, and Life!

The first dimension of Glory is LIGHT. Jesus said: “I am the LIGHT of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the LIGHT of LIFE” (v.12). The “light of life” means both: the light that emanates from life; and the light that gives life! The second dimension is LOVE: “He who does not love does not know God, for GOD is LOVE. "In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him” (1 Jh. 4:8, 9). The third dimension is LIFE. “In Him is LIFE, and the LIFE was the LIGHT of men” (Jh. 1:4).

No form of darkness can overcome the Light of God’s Son: “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (Jh.1: 5). John 3:19 echoes similar thoughts: “And this is the condemnation, that the LIGHT has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” 1 John 1:5 says, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that GOD is LIGHT and in Him is no darkness at all.”

When as a believer, you receive “the Light of Light”, you are empowered to become “the light of the world” (Mt. 5:14). Your Calling to Glory is a calling to “walk in the light”: “For you were once darkness, but now you are LIGHT in the LORD. Walk as children of light” (Eph. 5:8). Ephesians 5:14 adds, “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”  Beloved, you have no reason to stumble through life, because the more you walk in His light, the more He illuminates your pathways in life: “For with You is the fountain of LIFE; in Your LIGHT shall we see light” (Psa.36:9).

The wise man also affirmed the glory dimension of light: “Truly the LIGHT is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun” (Eccl.11:7). Let’s transpose this truth into eternal dimensions: “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man who trusts in Him” (Psa.34:8). The Light of Glory sweetens our lives. Outside of light, life is bitter. His light lightens our burdens so that we can “arise and shine” (Isaiah 60:1).

Ultimately in our eternal home in heaven, we shall not need the light of lamps or the light of the sun. The Lord God, the eternal LAMB – the SON of God – shall be our Light: “And there shall be no night there: They need no lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever” (Rev. 22: 5). Even now, I have been empowered to REIGN by LIGHT in the battles of life, through Him who is “my Light and my Salvation” (Psa.27:1a).

1Timothy 6:16 describes Him: “Who alone has immortality, DWELLING IN UNAPPROACAHBLE LIGHT, whom no man has seen or can see; to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.” May the Lord usher us into the revelation and reality of the Sweetness of the LIGHT of His GLORY!