A few weeks ago when I came out of church after the evening service -- it just suddenly struck me -- Day is dying in the West -- the shadows are lengthening -- the long, summer days are slipping away! But now, after a few weeks of the days gradually getting shorter, I hardly notice it; and after I have been in the house for a little while, I will suddenly realize that it is almost dark!
It brought to my mind again the great change that occurred when I had cataract surgery on both of my eyes a few months ago. After surgery, I was amazed that my vision was so clear---not hazy and blurry like it had been before. I did not realize how "used to the dark" I had become!
It was quite a spiritual lesson for me! Just like our physical eyesight can become blurred and hazy until we become accustomed to the darkness and hardly notice it, the same can happen to our spiritual vision. That is a very fearful thought to me! I want to do my best to keep my spiritual vision bright and clear, for "getting used to the dark" can have very sad consequences!
Let us be careful to heed the warning Jesus gives us in 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."
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