Thursday Reflection December 2, 2021

Thursday Reflection December 2, 2021

Love dispels darkness

Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.1 John 2:8

Greeting friends,

Today our text teaches us one of the oldest yet newest commandments- to LOVE. From the creation story, to the giving of the Ten Commandments, to the coming of Jesus and until his coming again, this has always been the message of God – to LOVE.

Regrettably this is something that as a people we have failed to grasp. From Adam and Eve until the coming of Jesus the message of love wasn’t truly understood, but since the coming of Jesus, we have a clearer understanding of Love, for those who choose to abide by the teachings of Jesus.

John is clear though about this concept of love as depicted by Jesus. If you say you love God but hate your brother or sister then the truth of love and Jesus is not within you. Instead you continue to live in darkness. What is this darkness? It is the absence of love. It is hate, jealousy, and everything that is in contrast to who God is and what God stands for – otherwise known as sin.

Jesus teaches us how to come from this darkness and that is by showing love to God and people. When we do this we become like light dispelling darkness. The more we show love is the more the darkness will pass away and the true light -Jesus who is Love- will be seen.

Make no mistake if we say we love God, but hate others or mistreat them or speak ill of them or malice them or fail to help them when we can then we are still in darkness.

Love dispels darkness and show we belong to the light. Friends let us love as we ought.

Shalom

Christopher Euphfa