There’s No Escaping the “Son”
By
Jeannine Sawall
“O Lord,
you are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness…”
2
Samuel 22:29 (NLT)
Once, while laying on
my beach chair, I was enjoying the warm weather, the crash of the waves and a
good book. I was doing my best to stay in the shade of my beach umbrella. I had
enjoyed just a little too much sun the previous day and some shade was in order
if I didn’t want to end up with more sun burn than sun tan.
As I lay there reading,
slowly but surely, the sun would creep around and soon I’d find myself laying
in the very sunlight I was trying to avoid. I would have to get up, move my
chair back into the shade and settle in again. It wasn’t long before the
sunlight would invade my spot and I would be up and moving my chair back into
the shade again. This went on the entire afternoon. There was no escaping the
sun.
This little dance
between my desired shade and the sun reminded me how often I do a similar dance
with Jesus. Sometimes I find myself being comfortable in the shade of “small”
sins. In those moments, the Lord moves in to illuminate those shady areas I
need to deal with. It doesn’t matter how comfortable I might feel in the shade,
the Son keeps moving in to drive out the darkness. There may be times I feel I
want a little space to call my own - - do my own thing - - but when I allow
Jesus to work in my life, inevitably the warmth of the Son shining down moves
me to embrace the light and, instead of moving back into the darkness, I look
up and want to bask in the Sonlight!
I’m so thankful Jesus
does not allow the shady areas of our lives to remain in darkness. He
constantly desires to share His light with us and make His presence known. It
just doesn’t matter how many times we may move away or try stay out of the
“Sonlight”…there’s just no escaping the Son!
GOING DEEPER:
1. Is there
an area in your life where you are trying to avoid the Son? If so, allow Him to
shine in your life and remove the darkness.
2. Have you
thanked Jesus lately for bringing the comfort, warmth and illumination of His
Sonlight in your life recently? If not, stop and thank Him right now.
FURTHER READING:
Jeannine
is a wife and mother of four active boys. She works in the property management
business. Jeannine serves with the Oakwood Café and is actively involved in
ministry to those walking through grief.
