Bible Verse of the Day Saturday September 12th 2020

Genesis 1:5b  and there was evening, and there was morning —the first day.

The evening was filled with darkness, and the morning was blossoming with light, but both of them are in the same category, the first day. This exact correlation can be applied to our spiritual life's experiences as well. In our lives without Christ Jesus, we are in darkness; however, when we come to Jesus, our lives have then moved away from the darkness into the light. This is a most comforting truth for all people, still in the darkness looking for the path to the light. The light of the world lights the way, Christ Jesus, and in the end is the Morning Star, our glorious morning we wake up in Glory, knowing that the light will never again dissipate, but shine brightly for eternity.

In this verse of Scripture, the evening's darkness comes first; we begin our existence here on earth in the evening, in darkness. But then we meet Christ Jesus and accept Him, allowing Him to bring the morning's light to our lives. In the early days, the people of the Land of Israel saw the beginning of a day as the evening at sunset and the day continuing until the sun went down on the following day.

The position in the morning's time is second, and it draws its light when God's grace overcomes the nature of this world. This is a most blessed occurrence because when that light from the Morning Star illuminates and overcomes our evening's darkness, that light will never dissipate, it will continue for eternity.

When our evening's darkness is dispelled, and we wake up in our new life, a life filled with Christ Jesus's light, we will never again experience the darkness. We will go through some storms of life when the light does not seem as bright as it should. However, rest assured that the light will drive away the clouds of despair, and in doing so, our spiritual lives will gain strength. The light in our lives now, which is Christ Jesus, will not only guide us through this rough and rocky path we are on now, but will shine the way to the day we are with Christ Jesus in the mansion that He has built for us in eternity.