“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7
Have you ever dreamed of walking with God? Have you
ever thought what it would be like to take your Heavenly Father’s hand and walk
with Him? As Christians we have that opportunity every day of our earthly life
to walk with God. However, realistically speaking God does not have a body, so
holding His hand is impossible. “God is a Spirit” John 4:25 but walking with
our Heavenly Father is a real thing for every believer in Jesus Christ.
However, the question is how much do you truly want to walk with God? Walking
with God requires walking “in the light, as he is in the light” because
that is where God is. God does not walk in darkness, because you only find Him
in the light, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” 1
John 1:5. If you are walking in darkness then you are not walking with God.
John wrote in verse 6 “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk
in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:” God’s element is only in
light and never in darkness, therefore we will never find God in darkness. God
told us “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light:” Ephesians 5:8 The word “were” is past
tense not a present word. As believers saved by grace thru the glorious blood
of our Saviour, we are no longer in darkness, but in light because in Christ
there is no darkness. The Lord warned us “And have no fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness…” Eph. 5:11 This is not a request but rather a
command from God. God promised that He would never leave nor forsake us, He
never promised that we would not leave nor forsake Him. Christians
sometimes do fall back and walk in darkness. And when they do, their fellowship
with God is separated. Remember when Adam and Eve sinned, they hid from God?
Christians try also to hide from God when living and walking in darkness. God
said, “For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of
them in secret.” Eph. 5:12 However, it is much more shameful to commit them.
Our work as Christians is to rebuke darkness, not to join it. God went on to
say in Eph. 5:13 “But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the
light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.” Do we want to have real
fellowship with God and allow the things we do in this world to be manifested
for the world to see, or hide from God in darkness? Look at it this way, God
said, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.” Matt. 6:24 If a believer is walking
in darkness they are hiding from God, they have little or no fellowship with
God. Serving darkness or mammon will cause a believer to despise God and the
light He is in. If you are not in the light of God, you are not serving the Lord,
you are not happy as a Christian because you are hiding in the worlds darkness.
Jesus said, “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh
to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 3:20 – 21. Darkness is the place of the lost, not the place of Christians,
do not find yourself in a place where you separate yourself from God. Allow
your works in this world to be in the light, in fellowship with God, Jesus, and
the Word of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.” Matt. 5:16 Is your light
shinning before men or are you ashamed of the light, do you despise the light?
Today is a good day to repent, ask the Lord to forgive you and to start a new
walk in the light and in fellowship with God. And that all starts by getting
into church, getting everything right between you and the Lord, and living as a
witness against darkness and walking in fellowship with our Father.
