July 9, 2026 Devo

“We are the light that God is speaking into this world.” That was the epiphany that came to me as I read our passage for today. In the very beginning, when the world was dark and chaotic, God spoke and said, “Let there be light!” God has repeated that gesture again and again throughout history.
When the world became exceedingly wicked, “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Noah was God’s one bright spot in a world that had become utterly dark and evil. Noah and his family became the new starting point to bring hope back to our fallen planet. Then God called Abraham to be the light. God established a covenant with him to create a lineage through whom God could reveal Himself to the world. Later, Moses became that light. He came to God’s People who were in bondage and became God’s light of freedom to lead them out of Egypt and back to the Promised Land that God had for them. Do you see the trend? Generation after generation, God spoke from Heaven and said, “Let there be light!” and He raised up leaders, kings, and prophets who kept illuminating the way back to God.
But darkness is relentless. And as the people chased after that darkness and abandoned the light of God, they found themselves in bondage once again. But God had not forgotten them. His promise in Isaiah is that they would return to Jerusalem and be re-established as the people of God. Through them God would reveal His light once more. And He did. He sent Jesus. Jesus said, “I am the Light of the world.” He showed the way back to the Father, He demonstrated God’s great love, He offered God’s great grace, He illuminated this dark world with the holiness and righteousness of God. Then, before He left, Jesus turned that responsibility over to us. To those of us who wear His name and possess His Spirit, He said, “YOU are the light of the world.”
Don’t you see? Wherever we go today, wherever we find ourselves, no matter how dark or chaotic it may be, God is saying once again, “Let there be light!” If God’s Spirit lives in us, then His Light must shine through us. WE get to be the love of God, touching lives. WE get to be the words of hope, lifting those around us. WE get to be the ones speaking to those in darkness, “There is a BETTER way! There is a BETTER life! There is forgiveness and grace, joy and satisfaction, peace and contentment awaiting all who call upon the name of the Lord.” Listen to the voice of God today as He speaks over YOU. “Let there be light!” That’s God’s Word for you today.