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“Light is sown for the righteous and joy for upright in heart.”

-psalm 97:11

Sunday, March 13th, 2011 pastor John Piper preached about Jesus' claim to be "the light of the world." (John 8:12)  Admittedly, I only heard the first few minutes of his message before being distracted by a conversation with another pastor. The moments of teaching that I did catch have struck a significant, though oddly muted, chord within my soul. Piper outlined 4 assumptions about the "light of the world" and it's meaning and importance:

1. There is no other light. There is Jesus (who is the light) and there is darkness. 
2. All need Jesus, the light. Just like all are fallen and need a savior. 
3. The world was made for this light.  
4. One day this light will remove all darkness from the world.

This is truth. Pulled from the Bible and hearing it on Sunday made it fresh in my ears. For some blessed reason God chose to reveal to me that the answer I am looking for is Jesus. The light I am looking for is Jesus. The joy I am looking for is Jesus. I was made for Jesus. And Jesus was made to remove all the darkness from my world!