“I am the Light of the World.”
Jesus
From Water My Soul, Luci Shaw
“I am reminded of the image of the moth and the candle in Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, in which the moth’s passion for the light draws it into the light of the flame, and it eventually becomes a charred attachment to the wick, a part of the wick in its self-immolation. This is the image of the Christian drawn by the God-flame that burns up our mortal elements and turns us into wicks to light the rooms of the world.”
Jesus … said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12).
Question of the day:
What would my life look like if it was completely consumed by the “God-flame”?
People would be drawn to the joy of our gentle but all consuming gracious God.
Consumed – that would mean we would have to be totally focused on the “light”. I imagine Moses was like this when he was on the mountain. I love this analogy of the moth and the candle. I will chew on this today. Thank you for sharing, my sweet friend. love you!