Let There Be Light
November 16th, 2010
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by admin · Filed Under: Faith · Guidance · Prayer · Spiritual Health · healing
If there is one thing we need more than anything else, it is light – light in terms of insight into self, guidance along life’s way, knowledge of the secrets of the universe, and the wisdom to use it and not abuse it. The clearest thinkers the human race has produced have always seen the course of their lives as the quest for light.
“Our great need is for light, which represents illumination, intelligence, wisdom. We can have no real comprehension of the Scriptures until we are aware that the Holy Spirit within us is decreeing light. . . . ‘Let there be light.’ . . . By this affirmation and acknowledgment we attune our minds to the Spirit of truth. Then wisdom scatters the darkness of limited human reason and supplants it with understanding.” - Elizabeth Sand Turner, foreword of Let There Be Light
“The Old Testament of our Bible tells us that the first step in creation is ‘Let there be light.’ This ‘light’ or radiant energy is the substance out of which everything in the universe is made; it is the ocean of energy, or God presence, in which we live and move and have our being, as St. Paul pointed out. Light is the substance or creative energy that God, the Creator, is constantly pouring into the universe, into every creature – it is the cosmic energy that not only makes, but runs creation. The Gospel of John points out that this light shines always and that even the darkness of man’s ignorance cannot put it out – it is always there, within the reach of each individual, ready for his acceptance and greater expression and experience of it. In a real sense, light is the essence of all – the radiation of God, the Creator, and the substance of man, the creature.” – J. Sig Paulson, Your Power To Be
Light is the reality of God in all creation. It is the reality of our own potential. All overcoming, all healing, all self-expression, is the inevitable effect of the dawning of light within and its pouring out into expression. It is of this that Isaiah speaks, “Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily.” (Is. 58:8)
As the Bible talks about it, and perhaps as science talks about it, light is a transcendent thing, an everywhere present reality. Cells appear to have an innate glow of light. The whole body gives off a kind of light or “aura” which some persons and certain instrumentation can see. Light, then, may well be the one great reality of things, beyond appearances. When you are consciously in the flow of life, there is an effusion of light that manifests as understanding, as guidance, as creativity.
But it is not something that God “out there” sends to you. It is, rather, an expanded awareness of the “true light” in the Presence of God that is present in you and as you. It is the illuminating principle in man, the Christ in you, the hope of glory. It is a moment of oneness, a feeling of being centered in God. Suddenly, there is a creative flow – “Let there be light.” So when Jesus says “Let your light shine,” he means let yourself be what you really are, or as Meister Eckhart puts it, “Let God be God in you.” You become an open channel to let the light flow as the reality of you.
We sometimes see the light of Christ, the love and joy and radiance, in the faces of people. Within the very nature of every person, there is a stored up substance of Christ which may be released to illumine the face and light the way. Paul says, “Stir up the gift of God which is in you.” Wasn’t this the true mission of Jesus, to help all people discover the light of Christ within themselves and to let it shine?
This really is the goal of all of us as we practice spiritual principles, to become a light-bearer, to stir up the gift of God within us and to let our light shine.
“The Christ within is always declaring, ‘I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.’ The first lesson in spiritual development to be learned is that everyone has within him the light of divine understanding. Those who do not recognize that they have this inner light are thinking intellectually instead of spiritually. The Christ light comes forth from God and all circumstances is aware of its source. It places all judgment in the Father, knowing that its light is from that source alone.” - Charles Fillmore, Mysteries of John
Let your light shine. And if you don’t feel like it, then get still for a few minutes or take a walk out of doors, get away from the commotion and the tension of things around you. Sit on a park bench, if you will, and reflect for a moment on the idea that you are a part of the tremendous, illuminating process of the universe, or as the wisdom came to George Washington in the early days of our country when he referred to it as “the little celestial spark of fire that a man may desecrate, but never quite lose.” It is within you. It is within us all. It is the light of Christ.
“When the mind is lifted up in meditation and prayer the whole body glows with spiritual light. . . .This spiritual light transcends in glory all the laws of matter and intellect.” – Charles Fillmore, Mysteries of John
Take a few moments now and perhaps follow this suggestion by J. Sig Paulson in his book, Your Power To Be:
”It will be helpful to take a few minutes to sit in a comfortable position, relax, close your eyes, and then speak the words, ‘Let there be light.’ Speak them audibly three times; then close your eyes and speak them silently. Now wait expectantly. Remember the words of Jesus: ‘You are the light of the world.’ . . . Do not try to force anything to happen. Let the light that is present in every area of your being reveal itself. And it will!
Remember, God is Blessing You, Right Now!
Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham
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