On this day, Christmas Day, we remember that the Light has come.
For a world walking in darkness, that was the promise: a great light will shine. And it did. But not with spectacle or force. It came quietly, through the birth of a child. Jesus entered the world not to impress it, but to redeem it. He needed to be born a human so that we could be reborn into the family of God, taken from darkness into God’s marvelous light.
But the story does not stop with His arrival. His light does not just shine to the world. It shines through those who follow Him. We are no longer stumbling in the dark. His presence lights us from within.
Now we carry that light forward.
When we show compassion instead of indifference, when we respond with mercy, speak peace, or choose patience, we reflect Him. We point people toward the Father. We join in the message the angels declared: peace on earth, goodwill to all.
This is not a light we pack away after the holidays along with our Christmas lights.
It is a light we are meant to live with. Consistently. Year-round. It is who we become as we follow Jesus.
As the season winds down and life returns to its rhythms, may Christ’s light not fade, but grow even brighter in us. The world does not need more darkness. It needs light.
Christmas is a reminder that God has given us light in Jesus. May His presence in our lives shine in a way that helps others find and follow Him.