God is light.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:5

God is light. It is no secret that God is light. You cannot hide the sun at noon day! Light was the first creation that God spoke into the universe. “Let there be light” is God’s first revelation. He made light and made Himself known in the light. The universe began with His burst of light. And that illumination continues to this very moment. God is light.

In Him there is no darkness. God does not hide Himself in shadow, though sometimes in our fog and twilight we feel distant from God’s light. God has no darkness… no sin… no wrong in Him. He is light and in His is no darkness at all. So even in dimming experiences, even when my soul is in night, God is not. Sin and sin’s suffering may be all around us, but one look at God and we will see light! 

Jesus is the light. He proclaimed Himself the light of the world (John 8:12). He calls us to walk with Him, walking not only IN the light but WITH the Light. And in Jesus all my life is lit up by bright grace, by His shining glory, by His redeeming work, by His glorious resurrection life. Thank God, He is light!