A LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL
“And he that seeth
me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever
believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
John
12: 45, 46
King
James Version
Are you
in the tunnel of despair, loneliness, depression and heartache? Jesus not only
is the light of our salvation; He is the light of every heartache and burden
that we bear. Our loved ones and friends can encourage and comfort us, but only
Jesus can put His light of compassion, tenderness and understanding in the dark,
hidden parts of our hearts.
Jesus
is more than our Saviour; He is a Friend beyond compare. He never leaves us,
not even for a second. Many times we leave Him but He remains loyal to us. I’m
reminded of the wife who said to her husband when they were in the car driving
down the street “We don’t sit close to each other like we used to do”. The
husband replied “I haven’t moved”. Jesus hasn’t moved and never will move.
I heard
a pastor say in a sermon “We were in a cave and we literally could not see our
hands in front of our face”. Sometimes the darkness of verbal and physical
abuse blocks our vision of Jesus. It is then that we need to cry out to Jesus
from the depths of our hearts for Him to rescue us. He is waiting for us to
call Him.
Yes,
many times we have tunnels of darkness, but sometimes we are guilty of causing
tunnels of hurt in someone else. May God forgive us if we have contributed to
the tunnels of darkness in our loved ones and friend’s hearts! If you are in
the tunnel of sin today, let Jesus shine His light of salvation in your heart.
Joanne
Lowe
July
12, 2006
