Be Still And Know

Genesis 1:3-4 It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of light. Without light there is no life. It’s as simple as that. So it is not surprising to discover that, on the first day of creation, God created light. With the introduction of light, life was able to burst out in all its amazing variety over the following days as God created vegetation, fish, animals, birds and human beings. I love the way in which John begins his Gospel. He plainly had these opening verses of Genesis in mind, and makes it clear that Jesus was with God, his Father, in the act of creation. He writes about Jesus as the Word of God, the one through whom God spoke to the world. In John 1:4 he wrote: “The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.” Sadly, however, the light that Jesus brought into the world wasn’t what everyone wanted. In one of the most agonising verses in the Bible, John notes that even Jesus’ own people did not receive him (John 1:11). The light of Jesus sti