DAILY READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF LUKE; DAY 1.
THERE ARE 24 CHAPTERS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. IF YOU READ FROM DECEMBER 1 YOU WILL END UP HAVING READ IT CHRISTMAS EVE.
I read it today and though there are many observations.. here are some that spoke to me from verses 78-79; hope they might encourage you
DAY 1 – LUKE CHAPTER 1 “…because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Observation; In verses 78-79 Luke speaks of “Sitting in Darkness” in Scripture “DARKNESS” and DEATH’S SHADOW indicates a condition of fear, danger, hopelessness, pinning away, with no human help. And all people are “sitting” in that spiritual condition.
When used figuratively in the Bible, the word “DARKNESS,” describes one or more of the following features…
  • DELUSION; Blindness of heart and mind, concerning God, their own spiritual condition-{Read 2 Cor 4;4,6} .
  • DEPRAVITY; {Read Acts 26:18}
  • DESPONDENCY; {Read Isaiah 9:2-3}
GOOD NEWS TO THOSE “SITTING IN THE DARK”
Have you ever been sitting in the dark, perhaps with a power outage, and, all of a sudden the lights come back on, relief, and now you can see without stumbling and tripping over things. As in the physical realm so in the spiritual realm.
Luke gives good news to those who live in such a spiritual and emotional condition when he speaks of the “Sunrise” that comes to give light, removing the darkness of captivity that each human being is imprisoned to sin, referring using a symbol- the “Sunrise” to express something of the LORD Jesus who is the light of the world and would come to guide those in darkness to path of peace.
Those who originally were “SITTING” are now being “GUIDED” they are walking…Luke is speaking figuratively. But they are on the move being guided by the LORD to the path of PEACE!
People have no peace but Christ Has come to GUIDE their feet to peace.
  • It’s not an intellectual problem that people have it’s a moral problem a Sin problem that each and every human has according to the Bible, as Jesus says in John 3:19 – “This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.”
Yes, we would rather cling to our Spiritual DARKNESS. DELUSION, DEPRAVITY, DESPONDENCY, than come to the light Christ provides so we forfeit peace with God and the peace of God guarding our hearts and minds “In Christ”-( Read Phil 4:7). Why? We won’t exchange our sins for the Savior.
But He still offers peace to those in spiritual darkness who are willing to come to Him just as they are and submit to Him and He promises He will reject none who come to Him. He is the Friend of sinners… He is the Light of the World… He is the Prince of Peace… He is Jesus the Christ…the Friend of Sinners, who came to seek out sinners and bring them into the safety of eternal forgiveness!
Observation from Luke chapter1;
  • Darkness to Light and Peace through Jesus Christ! -{Luke 1:78-79}
God Bless,
Aidan,