The Highway to Heaven: Part 3

April 5

(Psalm 36:8-9 NIV) “They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. {9} For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”

(John 8:12 NIV) “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

(1 Peter 2:9 NIV) “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Traveling God’s highway changes us. We no longer need to travel in the darkness. We have come into the light of God’s love and that changes us. We begin to see things differently in God’s light. In His light, we begin to focus on the positive. Things seem brighter when we walk in the light. The sun and the stars are brighter. Our burden is lighter. Our life is filled with hope. We begin drinking from a different fountain. It flows from the river of life and we fill up on God’s love. We do not live in denial of evil and wickedness, but we no longer bask in it, serve it, or fear it. We rise above it as God lifts us out of darkness and into his wonderful light. We see Jesus -- maybe for the first time. Where everything was once darkness, light now illuminates our life. The negatives of life are still there, but now we see more. We can see beyond them. We have been given new eyes. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day