Living as a Child of the Light

So I began writing this early yesterday morning (11/30/10) as I was sitting at the breakfast table and immersed in God’s Word. It wasn’t until later this evening when I finished editing and reading through it that I realized there is actually a double meaning to it. I began writing this as it was really raining outside and throughout the day, it just never stopped raining. It was quite an awful day in terms of the weather. Maybe subconsciously I wrote it to have a double meaning as to the recent events that occurred in my life or just that when I went back and read it, my eyes were opened to the hidden meaning of the song/poem. I wrote it as a cute little song, but it can be read in poem form.

Living As a Child of the Light

 
It’s 9:13 in the morning
And I still don’t know what I’m gonna do
It’s raining outside

I can’t see the sun shine
But I’m in your everlasting word

(Chorus) I’m in your Word by morning
And I’m in your Word by night
I can’t seem to get enough
With Your love You fill me up
And I’m living as a child of the Light

It’s 10:15 in the morning
Only an hour has passed me by
The rain it just won’t quit
So at the table here I sit
And I’m still in the promise of the Word

(Chorus)

It’s already mid afternoon
And it’s still as dark as it can be
But with Jesus by my side

I don’t have to run and hide
Because His light, it encircles me

(Chorus)

It’s time for me to go to bed
And oh what a day it has been
The rain it never ceased
But in Your Word I found some peace
When I read that you died for my sin

(Chorus)

As I sit back and re-read/sing this small song, many thoughts come to mind. As to the double meaning of the song, I think it speaks profound words to never giving up on God’s Word and the promises that He has for us.

As I analyze each verse, I can’t help but notice a pattern. In the first verse, you can read it as the beginning of parts of our lives. We wake up, or are born either through the gift of life or the gift of a spiritual awakening in Christ. All of a sudden, we just don’t know what we are going to do. We are at a lost for purpose and what God’s Will is for our life. All we can see is the rain and no sunshine. However dismal and morose it may be, we find ourselves getting into the Word.

Now we are brought to the chorus of this song. It read s that by morning and by night, we are in His Word. You should never grow tired of being in God’s word. Everyday should bring about a new discovery, even if you have read the same passage twice. It will always mean something different every single time you read it. Finally, the last line in the chorus states to live as children of the Light. Jesus Christ is that Light! Ephesians 5:8 calls us to be children of the light by stating “Live as children of the Light and find out what pleases the Lord!”

This brings me to the second verse. We find that only a little bit of time has passed; however, it may have seemed like a very long time. The raining upon our lives seems to have not given up, but just as the rain doesn’t give up, we can’t give up on God’s promises. We have to continue to immerse ourselves in His word seeking His hope, mercy, grace, and love. We can’t leave His Word no matter what. As soon as we take our eyes off of God and set it upon earthly things, we find ourselves getting more and more lost than where we started. Get your focus on HIM and keep it there!

The third verse talks about it already being mid afternoon. I equate this to being the middle of our lives. “It’s still as dark as it can be.” Things are never going to let up in life no matter what stage you are at. Satan is always going to be attacking you and sometimes it seems that it’s worse when you are a Christian than when you were a person of this world. It may sprinkle or it may pour, but with Jesus by our sides, we don’t have to fear. We don’t have to run away from the rain. We can stand up to it with the strength that the Lord has already provided us and tell the rain that our God is BIGGER! It’s always beautiful when you can dance in and amidst the rain. Put down your umbrella and let Jesus be your raincoat!

The final verse talks about going to bed and how the rain never ended. You could view this as lying down in our final resting place. The rain never ceased from the beginning of life to the end of life.. There is always going to hurt and pain, but we can find peace in God’s Word. We can find peace in Jesus Christ. We can find our rest in Christ.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, do NOT stop reading God’s Word. When it seems like everything else is failing you, God will never let you down. He sent His Son, His ONLY Son down to earth to die FOR YOU! My God does not make mistakes. My God does not break His promises. My God is a prayer-answering God. Don’t give up on Him. He will NEVER give up on YOU! When you find yourself slipping further and further and the pain just seems to be insurmountable, you should be digging deeper in the Word.

I know it hurts. I’ve been there. I’ve battled depression and it took a phone call from my best friend to say “Listen. Get back in the Word. Get back in the presence of God and He will make it better.” Sure enough, that’s all it took. I managed to get my eyes off of Christ and onto the things of this world and it was so hard to get back. I let Satan get the best of me when my gaze slipped. Now that I am back in the Word of God, I have never been stronger!

So friends, if you only get one thing out of this today I hope it is this: Get in God’s Word. Read the Bible. It has the answers to everything you’ll ever need in this Life. Let His love fill you up, find peace in the fact that Christ died for your sin, and continue to live as a Child of the Light.

Until next time!

 

~ Not for my glory but for His. Not for the kingdom of this world, but for God’s Kingdom in Heaven. God be with you now and forever! ~