LITTLE LIGHTS
The more I get into Scripture the more the fake versions of Jesus I have held in my head slowly get melted away.
I just finished up another journey through the Bible and the last thing that caught my attention was in the final scenes of John’s revelation where we are told there is no longer a need for the sun, moon, or stars because Jesus is our light. We sing songs about this!
“No need for the sunshine in heaven we’re told —the light of the world is Jesus.”
I’ve gone my whole life understanding that Jesus would be the light in heaven. Then I read this in Revelation 22:5: “Night will be no more; people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever and ever.”
Isn’t that beautiful? Not only is Jesus the light, but we are each given light and reign with it forever. Someone said to me, “Oh, like how the moon reflects the sun!” and I had the thought, “Yes, it must be something like that!” Jesus is the light and the source of our light that we are each given is Jesus.
Imagine a place where each walks around glowing in the glory of the son, and in the glory of the son’s light enveloping them as well.
Does that change your view of heaven?
The more I get into scripture the more I discover these little details that I had gotten “wrong” or maybe just “not quite right.” But these details matter!
I want to be LIKE JESUS—but I want that view, that Truth, that understanding to be completely and fully true. As we press in to know Him more and more may He continue to show us more of His Truth!
Leah Carolan
Director of Worship & Media
