Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - In the Darkness Shining - The Sun of Righteousness
- Alisa B.
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Day 2: The Sun of Righteousness
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it [did not comprehend it] (John 1:5 - NIV, NKJV).Â
But for you who [revere] My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings (Malachi 4:2 – NKJV).
Late have I loved Thee, O Thou Eternal Truth and Goodness: late have I sought Thee, my Father! But Thou didst seek me, and when Thou shinedst forth upon me, then I knew Thee and learnt to love Thee.
I thank Thee, O my Light, that Thou didst thus shine upon me; that Thou didst teach my soul what Thou wouldst be to me, and didst incline Thy face in pity unto me. Thou, Lord, hast become my Hope, my Comfort, my Strength, my All! In Thee doth my soul rejoice.
The darkness vanished from before mine eyes, and I beheld Thee, the Son of Righteousness. When I loved darkness, I knew Thee not, but wandered on from night to night.
But Thou didst lead me out of that blindness; Thou didst take me by the hand and call me to Thee, and now I can thank Thee, and Thy mighty voice which hath penetrated to my inmost heart. Amen.
~ Augustine of Hippo
The light shines in darkness... Which, through sin, came upon the minds of men; who are naturally in the dark about the nature and perfections of God; about sin, and the consequences of it; about Christ, and salvation by him; about the Spirit of God, and His work upon the soul; and about the Scriptures of truth, and the doctrines of the Gospel.
Man was created a knowing creature, but, not content with his knowledge, [he] sins, and is banished from the presence of God— the fountain of light— which brought a darkness on him and his posterity, and which is increased in them by personal iniquity, and in which Satan, the god of this world, has a hand... Sometimes they are left to judicial blindness, and which issues in worse darkness, if grace prevents not...
Now amidst this darkness there were some remains of the light of nature: with respect to the being of God, which shines in the works of creation and providence; and to the worship of God, though very dimly; and to the knowledge of moral good and evil...
The darkness did not comprehend it; or "perceived it not"; as the Syriac version renders it. By the light of nature, and the remains of it, men could not come to any clear and distinct knowledge of the above things; and much less to any knowledge of the true way of salvation...
Such was the darkness upon the minds of men, that they could not very distinctly apprehend it, and much less fully comprehend it, so that there was need of a fresh and fuller revelation... the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of Righteousness...
~ Geneva Study Bible (slightly edited)
