Today is Wednesday, March 15th, 2006; Karen's Korner #758
John 8:12 - "Jesus said, 'I am the Light of the world. So if you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, for living light will flood your path.'"
In our 50-day revival series at church, this week the topic is "Walking in the Light".
It must have been a similar topic where our daughter Jamie and family, attended while visiting in the Kansas City area last weekend.
Jamie told that our grandson Luke ran up with his cousins to the front of the church when it was time for children's sermon. The minister brought out a lamp and began flipping the switch, asking the children why it didn't work. Two-year-old Luke, who tends to listen pretty well and talks pretty plain for his age, spoke up and said loud enough and clear enough for the minister and the congregation to hear, "Needs batteries!"
Might not have been the answer the minister was looking for, but Luke wasn't entirely wrong: the lamp needed power to give off light!
Since listening to Jamie recount the story, I thought, "I am like the lamp. If I don't have any power source, I am a pretty dim bulb! Today if I am going to walk in the Light of Jesus love, I need to be connected to Him. I need to be plugged into the source of His energy. I might need my cord plugged in to the electric current supplied at an outlet. Or, like Luke, I might need my batteries charged!"
"Father God, I reach out my hand to you today. Be my guide, my helper, my strength, my power as I walk, talk, and do what You would have me do. I want to be Your Light in My world, just for today. Amen."
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