October 28 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Luke 11:29-36:

²⁹And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
³⁰For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
³¹The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
³²The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
³³No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
³⁴The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
³⁵Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
³⁶If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Devotional

Some time ago an optician explained to us the mechanism of the eye. We cannot give his explanation here; but we stand amazed at the construction of the eye. But who can explain to us, why or how this mechanism enables us to see? When the eye is sound, the whole body is full of light. If it is not sound, the whole body is full of darkness. And when the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness. But the source of light is the sun. If the sun were blotted out, no one could see.

So spiritually, Christ is the light of the world, the Sun of righteousness. If Christ is in us and we in him, we are children of light, and walk in the light, and God's Word is a light upon our path. Solomon admonishes us: "Let thine eyes look right on . . . Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be estab­lished. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil." Christ says, "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If the whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light." We have no light in ourselves; but let us remember: "In thy light shall we see light."

Prayer

O Lord God, Thou dwellest in a light unto which no man can approach. But Thou hast revealed Thyself in Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. And in his name we may come unto Thee. Thou who hast commanded the light to shine out of darkness, shine also into our hearts, and give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. May we walk in the light, and wilt Thou cause many who sit in darkness to come to the light. And lead us all in the path of the just, that is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day, when the Lord himself shall be our ever­lasting light. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Matt. 6:23: John 8:12; Mal. 4:2; John 14:20; Eph. 5:8; 1 John 1:7; Ps. 119:105; Prov. 4:25-27; Luke 11:34, 35; Ps. 36:9.

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