Light and Day

DEVOTION
1 THESSALONIANS
LIGHT AND DAY
1 Thess 5:4-5
4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
NIV
The darkness of sin is no doubt blinding. Living in the dark, pure darkness, surely does not allow a person to see his way. Anyone in the darkness will also not be able to see the Lord coming either. I am so thankful God was able to shine through that darkness I used to live in and bring me out into his glorious light. Therefore I will not be surprised when that day arrives of his returning. I will hear the sound of the trumpet. All this is because I do belong to the day, to the light, to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I think there certainly is a large difference between my still having sin in my life and living in the darkness. I simply cannot understand how anyone could ever say they never sin in word, thought or deed. That is simply a lie, both to their self and to God. But still struggling with sin, with failure to be perfect does not mean I have returned to living in the darkness. When I was in the darkness I did not even give sin a thought. I could not care less what anyone said or thought about how I lived, and I even thought if there was a God, I did not care about what he thought either. That is pure darkness, pure sin, and pure out of control. So as I live in the day, in the light of God, I am extremely aware of my shortcomings, my sin. I am never without thinking how I have disappointed God. Yet I also have to believe he knows my heart, he knows I desire to be right with him, to live a holy and righteous life. But he also knows I will never be able to live without sin. If I could Jesus would not have had to die on the cross. The law or my own righteousness cannot save me. Accomplishing any set of rules and regulations is impossible to make me right with God. Only Jesus can do that. Only Jesus was able to bring me into the day. As I live in this day, as I am a son of the light I am forever able to have that hope of his return even while I am still in this portion of my life. I am a son of the light and day.