The Light

 DEVOTION

GENESIS

THE LIGHT

Gen 1:3-5

3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.

NIV

It is a bit strange that God would create the light and darkness before he separated the waters with the expanse where there would have been room for the light, which we would think is the sun, and the night which would include the moon. He did not do all this until the fourth day. So where was this light and how was there day and night before there was the expanse to put them? However, if there was only the darkness that covered the deep, then it would make sense that God would want light. Yet what we also see is that all these six days may well have happened all at the same time and it is simply a way to explain in detail all the events that took place in some sense of order so we can understand how all things came into existence. Once again, even though we were not yet formed, when we were somehow our minds can only comprehend linearly. There is the possibility when we were formed in the image of God that we would have been able to understand the eternal things, thinking beyond the linear as God does, but when sin entered man that non-linear thinking was disturbed and man’s mind became limited in thought. Nevertheless, we understand the importance of light for that is the first thing God spoke into existence. If God felt the light was that important, creating it first before all else, perhaps that was a way of showing us the importance that we should be living in the light rather than in the darkness. Jesus said that he was the light of the world, that we were to become the light of the world, and that we should not hide our light by but it on a lampstand giving light to the whole house. Of course, that was metaphorical giving us the command to shine our light before the world, giving light to those who still live in the darkness because of their sins. The light is also important, for without it, we would not be able to see our sins. It also might be possible God created the light first, showing us how important it is for showing us the path to follow. Without light, there would be nothing else. We could not live without light. Because Jesus is the light of the world and he gave us life, and life abundantly, which may well mean eternal life, then without Jesus, without the light we would die, and we could not have life. Thank you Father God for the Light.