In January our church held its annual congregational fast. For 21 days we prayed together, fasted together and meditated on 1 John . Here are my thoughts from those times of devotion in 1 John.

Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. 8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

MEDITATIONAL THOUGHT:The true light is already shining, empowering you to live a life of love.

MY THOUGHTS: I think it’s so important to remind ourselves daily that Jesus’ light is already shining in the world…in us. We do not have to wait for Heaven to walk in His true light. In fact, we should not wait for Heaven to begin walking in His true light. We need to begin walking in that light now. We need to become the change God is working in us.