I remember when I lost my eyeglasses a few years ago. They dropped out of my shirt pocket as I was bending over outside in the yard. It was ten o’clock at night and I needed those glasses for reading. I needed a light. I needed a good light. There may have been a lot of options as far as a light was concerned; such as a penlight, a flashlight, the overhead outside light and even a work light that I have on a stand. It turned out that none of those lights were sufficient and I found my glasses the next day –after the sun came up! When you need a good light the sun is your best option. David said that God pitched the sun in the sky and that it comes forth out of its chamber as a bridegroom and nothing is hidden from its heat. I would like to say that nothing is hidden from its light either but that’s just not the case. There are things that still lay hidden in the deep shadows of this life that the light never reaches. For instance, Jesus said that men don’t come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. He said that men loved darkness more than light and this is only because they loved the sin that they kept hidden by the cloak of darkness. For the light exposes everything. Everything is laid bare before the eyes of God. John said that in Christ is life and that life was the light of all men. If we are to find our purpose in life it would be to our advantage to utilize the best light possible. Why would anyone try to find his or her way through this darkness with a light that isn’t sufficient? I have a flashlight that keeps blinking because of a bad connection; the thing is almost worthless. I get frustrated using it. You may be saying, “Just throw the thing away!” I agree and that is what I would say to the world when they try to use the lights of manmade religion to get through life. Throw them away and get the True Light that has come into the world. King George VI, England’s king during the days following the Second World War, said to the Commonwealth, “I said to the man at the Gate of the Year, ‘Give me a light that I may walk safely into the unknown.’ He said to me, ‘Go out into the darkness, and put your hand in the hand of God, and it shall be to you better than the light, and safer than the known.’” If you are like me you are wondering what the next year will bring. During this time fear wants to stifle us to inaction. If we put our hand into the hand of God, His light shall direct us through all the obstacles that will come. His light will be a lamp for our feet and a light for our path. There is no reason to rely on inefficient light when we have the True Light that gives light for all men. Brothers and Sisters, as we turn the corner and enter in to the new year let us trust in the light of God’s love for our lives and for the lives of our loved ones. He is sufficient and His grace will prove sufficient as well.