Not Of Night, Nor Darkness

"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."  I Thessalonians 5:5.  Children must learn and grow.  So it is with God's children.  We must learn and grow into that perfect image of Christ Himself.  Christ brings us into the light of God's amazing grace.  Light shines forth in the heart of the believer guiding us to the safe haven.  In the darkness, we will stumble.  In sin, we stumble and fall short of God's will for us.  We through Christ and divine love have been delivered from the darkness.  We are never again to walk therein.  Our lives are to be lived in the light of God's holiness.  We must follow the true light listening to His word, and walking in the steps of Him who always did the will of the Father.  Darkness will hinder holiness.  Let us not return to the darkness of evil, but let us live in the transformation of God's grace.  As we live in the light, we will become as He who shed light into our hearts.