Flooded with Light
Key Thought | You cannot walk in God’s light without being filled with His love.
Key Scripture | “Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.” —Ephesians 1:15-20 NLT
This week we are looking at Paul’s prayer for the church of Ephesus. Today we will specifically look at the power of light.
God has really been speaking to my heart about the power of light and how it reflects His divine character. I think it is so important in this day because I see so many believers being deceived by what they think is good, only to find out that it leads to something evil. Deception is subtle, and evil is all around.
There’s a familiar saying: “I’d rather deal with the devil I know than the devil I don’t.”
But the problem with that mindset is this: the enemy rarely shows up in ways we recognize. Without spiritual wisdom (what we talked about yesterday), we won’t recognize his real strategy or the ways he’s working against us and our families.
“This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.” 1 John 1:5 NLT
“In Him at all.” Thats what we call a powerful statement.
I will admit that there is a lot of grey in Scripture. Not everything is black or white. It’s why the Holy Spirit is given to the believer to guide us into His truth. However, while there is grey in Scripture, don’t confuse that to mean there is grey in God. He is light and in Him is no darkness.
When I think about light, I naturally connect it to truth, and that connection is absolutely biblical. But Scripture also shows us that light is just as connected, if not more, to love.
“If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.” 1 John 2:9-11 NLT
John doesn’t separate light from love; he ties them together. What he makes clear is that light and love cannot be divided. Both are evidence of a life rooted in truth.
So if I claim to have light but lack love, it’s not actually light. It’s darkness. And if I claim to have truth without love, that too is not light. It’s still darkness. Love and light are inseparable.
Now you’ve made it this far, let’s bring it together.
“Flooded” is a therapy term used to describe flooded with emotion —overwhelmed with emotions deep in our heart.
Paul’s prayer is that we would be “flooded with light.” That leads to a simple but honest question this morning, and thus this pastor’s prayer: “Aaron, when was the last time you were flooded with His love?”
Flooded with light.
Flooded with love.
So before you move on today, don’t just carry the thought. Sit with it. Ask the Lord to fill you again, not just with truth you understand, but with love that transforms. Let Him flood the places that have grown dry.
Prayer | Lord, flood my heart with Your light. Expose anything in me that is rooted in darkness, even if I’ve mistaken it for truth. Teach me to walk in both truth and love, the way You do. Let Your love overwhelm me again so that my life reflects who You truly are. Amen.
Reflection | Am I walking in both truth and love, or have I allowed one without the other to shape how I see and respond to others?
Key Scripture | “Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.” —Ephesians 1:15-20 NLT
This week we are looking at Paul’s prayer for the church of Ephesus. Today we will specifically look at the power of light.
God has really been speaking to my heart about the power of light and how it reflects His divine character. I think it is so important in this day because I see so many believers being deceived by what they think is good, only to find out that it leads to something evil. Deception is subtle, and evil is all around.
There’s a familiar saying: “I’d rather deal with the devil I know than the devil I don’t.”
But the problem with that mindset is this: the enemy rarely shows up in ways we recognize. Without spiritual wisdom (what we talked about yesterday), we won’t recognize his real strategy or the ways he’s working against us and our families.
“This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.” 1 John 1:5 NLT
“In Him at all.” Thats what we call a powerful statement.
I will admit that there is a lot of grey in Scripture. Not everything is black or white. It’s why the Holy Spirit is given to the believer to guide us into His truth. However, while there is grey in Scripture, don’t confuse that to mean there is grey in God. He is light and in Him is no darkness.
When I think about light, I naturally connect it to truth, and that connection is absolutely biblical. But Scripture also shows us that light is just as connected, if not more, to love.
“If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.” 1 John 2:9-11 NLT
John doesn’t separate light from love; he ties them together. What he makes clear is that light and love cannot be divided. Both are evidence of a life rooted in truth.
So if I claim to have light but lack love, it’s not actually light. It’s darkness. And if I claim to have truth without love, that too is not light. It’s still darkness. Love and light are inseparable.
Now you’ve made it this far, let’s bring it together.
“Flooded” is a therapy term used to describe flooded with emotion —overwhelmed with emotions deep in our heart.
Paul’s prayer is that we would be “flooded with light.” That leads to a simple but honest question this morning, and thus this pastor’s prayer: “Aaron, when was the last time you were flooded with His love?”
Flooded with light.
Flooded with love.
So before you move on today, don’t just carry the thought. Sit with it. Ask the Lord to fill you again, not just with truth you understand, but with love that transforms. Let Him flood the places that have grown dry.
Prayer | Lord, flood my heart with Your light. Expose anything in me that is rooted in darkness, even if I’ve mistaken it for truth. Teach me to walk in both truth and love, the way You do. Let Your love overwhelm me again so that my life reflects who You truly are. Amen.
Reflection | Am I walking in both truth and love, or have I allowed one without the other to shape how I see and respond to others?
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