“WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT”

Eph. 5:8-14 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness and truth, discerning what is pleasing to the Lord” (HCSB)  Ever been walking in dense woods that is so dark you cannot see very much but then you come to a clearing and some light..  Now you can see where you are going.  That’s a picture of what happened to us when we came to Jesus.  We were in darkness groping to find our way.  Bumping into things and sometimes things falling on us, we had a hard time knowing which way to go.  But Jesus came into our lives and the light was there.  He showed us the way.  The light lighted our path.  The light dispensed all the darkness around us and in us.  So, Paul says in Ephesians that walking in the light results in all goodness, righteousness and truth.  Now we can discern what is pleasing to the Lord. We normally sleep in the darkness of night (except for those afternoon naps) when our eyes are closed and we are not going anywhere.  But come morning, we need the light to find our way.  God will lead us step by step each day with enough light for that day.  Oh, friends we are to show that light to the world