“You are the light of the world. A city built upon a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor would someone light a lamp and then put it under a basket; rather, it is placed upon a lampstand so that it may afford light to all in the house. In the same way, your light must shine so that it can be seen by others; this will enable them to observe your good works and give praise to your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16
We don’t have to will light to overcome darkness or be clever. Light, by its very nature, it overcomes darkness. Darkness can do nothing about it. It has to give way to light. You can sit in a dark room, pitch black, and simply light a match, and the whole room will brighten up. It’s just the way it is.
Jesus said the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John also wrote in 1 John 1. He said, this is the message we have heard from him and declared to you. God is light, and in him, there is no darkness at all.
Darkness cannot overcome light.
What is the power source of the light? Light doesn’t exist without a source.
People mistakenly believe that the sun through a solar panel powers the lights in a room. The sun is the source of the power but without a battery to take that sunlight, the light switch won’t work.
We know we are NOT the source of power in the message we share from the Gospels. We are only the conduit and battery that stores that power to be shared into the darkness.
Jesus is the Son, THE source of power – you can be a battery that stores that power (the Gospel) and shares it and brightens the room.
Sitting in a darkened chapel before the Blessed Sacrament, one sees the candle flickering. The darkness is broken. Just as He shatters the darkness by His presence.
“Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105
He shines His message into your life. Sometimes that message is stored deep within the recesses of your mind for later use. Like me and John 19:27-28 (read my book to see the meaning of this). At times that ‘energy’ may be stored for years. other times, it flows straight from the Source to the bulb.
His Divine Mercy is like this. When we fall in sin, or look out to the sin-filled world, the darkness seems to become oppressive. Then, we open our hearts to Divine Mercy, forgiveness and love of God…. And, it’s like looking up to the sun, breaking through the clouds of the rain, warming our faces and bringing the sense of life again to our hearts. When Divine Mercy flows into our lives, the result must be like turning on 100,000, one hundred million lumen spotlight bulbs and pointing them into the still dark world. This is what it means to accept Divine Mercy. To turn all that power loose into other hearts darkened by sin.
Will you take the power of the Son and share His energy, His message to the world that the darkness might be dispelled?