Week 24, Day 3: Blinded by Darkness
Today’s Reading: 1 John 4:1-5:21
Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…
First, you will notice that I missed yesterday’s post. Evidently I am not back in the swing of things after turning the posting duties over to Chad for a week! I will try to write a post on Saturday to make up for my oversight.
There are an interesting couple of verses in 1 John 2:10-11. John writes that the one who loves his brother abides in the light. But, he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness. This one does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. This concept reminds me of a lake inside a cavern that I once visited. The lake was full of trout, but the trout had become blind. They lived for so long in the darkness that their eyes had become useless to them. They, however, probably never even knew that they were blind. They went about their lives just the same as if they could see. The same thing is true about those who hate their brethren. They are in darkness, and they don’t even know that they are in darkness because their eyes are blinded by the darkness. Quite often, those who hate their brethren do not even realize that they are in the darkness. They come to worship. They sit in the pew. They participate. But, they have such hatred for one called a brother that they in reality have no relationship with God. Often, they don’t even consider that their relationship with God has been hampered in any way. They think they are justified in their hatred. They think that God will overlook their hatred. But, they are really like the fish who have become so blinded by the darkness that they don’t even realized they are blind. They function in almost every way, except to correct their destroyed relationship with their brethren.
We need to make sure that we truly love our brethren, so that we can be in the light. That is the only way that we can have a relationship with God. If we are not in the light, then we are not where He is. If we walk in darkness (even if we don’t realize it) we are separated from Him. If we find it hard to love the brethren here, we certainly won’t have to worry about it when this life is over!
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