I felt inspired to post the following devotion, which will be in our next church bulletin, entitled, “Shine for Christ”. Since it embodies the nature of this blog, it is very fitting. To God be the glory!
Below are Scripture verses about Light that I find inspirational. They are in Bible order. May you find them inspiring as well.
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 1:3-5 — “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Psalm 18:28 — “For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.”
Psalm 27:1 — “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalm 36:9 — “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”
Psalm 37:5-6 — “Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”
Psalm 97:11 — “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”
Psalm 112:4 — “Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.”
Psalm 119:130 — “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”
Proverbs 4:18 — “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
Proverbs 6:23 — “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:”
Isaiah 9:2 — “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
Isaiah 42:16 — “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.”
Isaiah 60:1 — “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.”
Isaiah 60:3 — “And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”
Isaiah 60:19 — “…the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.”
Daniel 2:22 — “He (God) revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.”
Micah 7:8 — “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.”
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 4:16 — “The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
Matthew 5:14 — “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Matthew 5:16 — “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 17:1-2 — “And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.”
Luke 8:16 — “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.”
Luke 11:33-36 — “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.”
John 1:4-5 — “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
John 1:7 — “The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.”
John 1:9 — “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
John 5:35 — “He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.”
John 8:12 — “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
John 9:5 — “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 12:35-36 — “Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.”
John 12:46 — “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
Acts 9:3 — “And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:”
Acts 13:47 — “For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”
Acts 26:23 — “That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 — “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 5:8 — “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
Ephesians 5:13 — “But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.”
Colossians 1:12 — “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:”
1 Thessalonians 5:5 — “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
James 1:17 — “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
1 Peter 2:9 — “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
1 John 1:5 — “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
1 John 1:7 — “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
Revelation 21:23 — “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.”
Revelation 22:5 — “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”
