Daily Sacrifice, July 21 (9:5)
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world”— John 9:5.
WHILE our Lord ministered among men He was the visible manifestation of light—His holy life casting light on every man with whom He came in contact (John 1:9). All are shown up, in the light of His perfection, as being sinful and unrighteous. The true Light casts light upon every man. When our Lord looked on to the testimony to be carried on after His return to heaven, He said, “Ye are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14). This tells of our responsibility to shine as lights in a dark scene (Phil. 2:15).
―Alice E. Sherwood. Sel.