“…anything shown up by the light will be illuminated; and anything illuminated is itself a light. That is why it is said: Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” 2 Ephesians 5:13-14
When you shine a flashlight in the dark whatever the beam of light lands on is thereby lit up, illuminated. Sometimes the most effective way to eliminate that which is unwanted is to shine a light directly on it. This often works with a burglar, or a rat, and often with sinful behavior. Once the behavior is brought out of the shameful darkness and into to the light it ceases to exist. Unlike the burglar, or the rat, however, who simply run from the light back into the cover of darkness, when we confess our sins to God we bring them to the one true Light of the world. When we confess our sins we bring them to the one true saving Light, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In His Light we are redeemed, we are made whole, with no reason to hide in the dark.
For the remainder of Lent, arise from your sleep and take a flashlight to your own sinful behavior. Illuminate it; eliminate it.
“for the effects of the light are seen in complete goodness and uprightness and truth.” 2 Ephesians 5:9
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