“God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” – 1 John 1:5 

Scripture reading: 1 John 1:5-8; Ephesians 5:8-21

Light is a common metaphor in the Bible to describe who God is.  It speaks of God’s holiness or, in other words, His absolute moral perfection.  In God there is not even a hint of darkness nor could there be, for God IS light.  When we think about the fellowship with God that Jesus has provided, we must never forget that we have fellowship with an absolutely holy God Who cannot have fellowship with sin.  John reminds us that how we live is a very important indicator of our fellowship with God.

The fact that John sets the bar so high in terms of our walk with God drives us back, time and time again, to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  The only way that we can walk as we ought in this life is if we continue to walk in the light of Jesus Christ.  As we exercise faith in Jesus Christ, He is the One who cleanses us from all unrighteousness.  As we continue to walk by faith in Jesus, He is the One who truly enables us to walk in the light as He is in the light.  We must never forget that we are called to “be holy as God is holy” (1 Peter 1:16) and that this is only possible as we continue to walk in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Suggestions for prayer

Spend some time dwelling on the holiness of God and thank Him for enabling you to be able to have fellowship with such a God!  Pray earnestly that you would walk this day in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Rev. Brian Murray is the associate pastor at Grace ARP Church and the Director of Gillespie Academy in Woodstock, Ontario. He has been ordained in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church since 2003 and he and his wife Melissa have four children. Get this devotional delivered directly to your phone each day via our RP App. This devotional is made available by the Nearer To God Devotional team, who also make available in print, for purchase, at NTGDevotional.com.