And His Light in the Heart

How intensely the morning light is often waited for: by the mariners in a shipwrecked vessel; by an army that finds itself surrounded by an enemy. The morning light will show what hope of escape there may be. The morning may bring life and liberty. And so, the saints of God in darkness have longed for the light of His countenance more than watchmen for the morning. They have said, “My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning.” Can we say that, too?

God is light. God is a sun. Paul said, “God…hath shined in our hearts, to give the light” (2 Corinthians 4:6). What light? “The light of the…glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (v. 6). Just as the sun shines its life-giving light into our earth, so God shines into our hearts the light of His glory in Christ His Son. Our hearts are meant to have that light filling them all day. They can have it because God is our sun, and it is written, “Thy sun shall no more go down” (Isaiah 60:20). God’s love shines on us without ceasing.

Learn to wait on the Lord, more than watchers for the morning! All within you may be very dark. But, is that not the very best reason for waiting for the light of God? The beginnings of light may be just enough to discover the darkness, and painfully to humble you on account of sin. Can you not trust the light to expel the darkness? Do believe it will. Just bow in stillness before God, and wait on Him to shine into you. Say, in humble faith, God is light, infinitely brighter and more beautiful than that of the sun. God is light, here shining on my heart. I have been so occupied with the candles of my thoughts and efforts that I have never opened the shutters to let His light in. Unbelief has kept it out. The light does shine; the light will shine in me and make me full of light. And I will learn to walk all day in the light and joy of God. My soul waits on the light of the Lord, more than the watchers for the morning.