The transformation of night to the day is the subject of poetry, stories, art, and photography. In a sense, the subject never grows old. The dawn, or arrival of light, is also a key picture of the arrival and impact of the Kingdom of God, like what is expressed in John 3:19 or 8:12 (“I am the light of the world”). We watch the dawn and sunrise nearly every morning we wake at our North Carolina home because the sun’s rays through the forest remind us of His grace and mercy toward us.
The repetition of Christ being the Light is a strong thread in the Bible, which means there is something of His life that He desires to impart to people. The clamor of a broken world is both loud and dark, but it is penetrated with the light of the Good News, or the Gospel, or the Kingdom, or the Word — all of these point to an arrival of light in the heart that takes place when we encounter the God of the Bible. It can also affect an area of people, which is the sentiment of Matthew 3:12-16, which cites Christ’s moving to the area of Galilee. It says that the people “have seen a great light” and “on them a “light has dawned,” that is a fulfillment of Isaiah 9:1-2.
It’s personal. If I was with you, the reader, I would ask you if you had light within — the kind that you know does not come from you. When God meets us, He brings light to the heart and with it comes a peace that the world cannot manufacture. That’s how it was with me when I turned to Christ many decades ago. It was how the light shown in the eyes of a Chinese scholar one day when she came into a room changed because she had met God for herself. I answered her questions, but she was never satisfied until she encountered Him herself. That is when the “light dawns” — as it did when Jesus arrived in the area by the sea and began to preach, teach, heal, and deliver a people who were in darkness. It is still happening.
Have questions? Need to know more? Need that peace that a relationship with God brings? Feel free to contact us.
The photos are ours from our GateWay property. People often visit and comment about the peace. It is not us, and it’s really not the property. God’s peace witnesses because He is present with us. We would love to talk to you about it.
