Turn On The Light

John 3:19-21
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 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.

I don't want you to be afraid when you go to bed tonight but have you ever thought about all those little things that come out at night? Those creepy and crawly things? We know it's true. The bugs, mice and all kinds of other things come out at night. (I kept it nice I didn't say... roaches, rats, and spiders - haha) They crawl around searching for some kind of tasty treat. It could be some crumbs that fell from the table that day or they could just be searching for some warmth under the covers with you. (OK, I'm done with the scary stories) What I'm getting at is that they do this all under the cover of the darkness.

When we hear something or feel something crawling around at night what is the first thing we do, after jumping and slinging the covers into the air? We say, "Turn on the light!!!!" When we do that what happens? Those little things are revealed and run as fast as they can to find a dark place away from the light.

Once my wife and I were woke up in the middle of the night to a sound in our bathroom. Now if it was a burglar, they had passed all the prized possessions while entering the bathroom, but maybe they had to go. Anyway, Patti nudged me and told me something was in the bathroom. So I got up and turned on the light. Remember now this was about two or three in the morning so my eyes were not adjusted just yet. There it was, over beside the bathtub, the biggest rat I had ever seen in my life! Huge! This thing was evidently eating our Wheaties cereal every night. As I approached it for the capture it started hissing at me. Then I realized this was no rat, but an opossum. This little evil thing wasn't going back to the dark without taking me with it. I would like to tell you that I called the Opossum Hunter and he safely bagged it and released it into the wild, maybe your yard, but it didn't happen that way.

Without the light I would have never seen it. Let me tell you, if I would have ventured into the bathroom that night with no light and it was just me and him, well it would have been like releasing a tornado in an open field of trees. It would have been messed up! The light showed me and continued to show me where it was. Pray this morning that the Light of the Word will show you those creepy and crawly things that you need to stay away from or get rid of in your life. Don't let them run back into the cover of darkness because as soon as the light is back off they are coming right back out. Pray that God reveals sin in your life and then confess it when He shines light upon it. Ask the Lord to turn on the light!