March 8
JOHN 12
27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34 So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”– John 12:27-36
JOHN 12 WALK IN THE LIGHT
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
Without light, we cannot do much but stumble in the dark
If you continually walk in darkness, you will eventually die
So, find the light source which only comes from the Lord
Believe in him alone and you will overcome this world.
In this account Jesus prophesied the kind of death he will go through in verse 32. He is clearly talking about his ultimate sacrifice on the cross which will lead to salvation of all mankind. But those who heard him didn’t understand what he was saying. Their idea of the Christ is that he will be eternal and not die. When they asked who this Son of Man he was talking about is. Jesus answered them with “The light is among you a little longer.”
This probably made them more confused. The issue here is that humans were thinking in earthly terms when Jesus was referring to the spiritual realm. These people didn’t have the bible as we do now, so at the time Jesus was uttering that statement, they couldn’t fathom it. Perhaps that is because the Spirit will only come when Jesus dies, then they will know what he was talking about. We now know that he is both life and light.
REFLECTION
• What are the benefits of walking in the light that Jesus exudes?
