IN THE BEGINNING…THE WORD

Daily Devotional for Today, June 16, 2011

The Darkness Comprehendeth It Not

In the disciplining of children we want them to see the connection between their behavior and the need for correction.  We want them to understand that discipline is set forth in order to correct improper behavior or a corrupt behavioral pattern.  Essentially, we want them to receive correction, to be open to the process which will ultimately bring health and healing.  Jeremiah paints a picture of a rebellious people in this way:

 “O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth?  Thou hast stricken them but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction:  they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.  Therefore I said, Surely, these are poor; they are foolish:  for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their (Jeremiah 5:3,4).”

Jeremiah gives us more insight into a rebellious people:

“Hear now this O foolish people and without understanding; which have eyes and sees not, which have ears and hear not.”

Saint John says of Jesus that he was the Light that shined in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.  When Jesus manifested his glory there were many who received him; they received “of his fullness.”Yet there were many who received him not.  They could not understand him, or comprehend him.  Christ had no place in them so he was rejected. 

The bible tells us that this darkness, this rebellion that causes lack of understanding, foolishness, poverty is the work of the devil, the god of this world,  who seeketh to blind man’s minds to Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:4).

Today, Let us commit to receiving the Light of our Savior Christ Jesus.  If that means, correction, let us receive correction so that we might be changed into the image of God. Let us reject the darkness and receive the Light.