"The people which sat in darkness saw great light" Matthew 4:16
When Jesus came to the earth it was a time of great darkness. While Jesus was still a baby, Herod the king put out an order to kill all the children two years old and under that lived in the region of Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16). Can you imagine the great sorrow that spread through the land? Today we see the same kind of darkness in our world. It is into this great darkness that God seeks to send the light of the gospel. God desires that we provide a stark contrast to the darkness of sin. By His grace we are children of light. We shine as lights in the darkness. God is exposing sin in the light of His goodness through Jesus Christ. When God is finished, sin shall not rise up a second time (Nahum 1:9). Stay strong in the Lord and shine as lights in this present darkness. "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" Romans 8:18.
