Warren Buffet says that it's only when the tide goes out that you discover who's been swimming without any swimming trunks.
In the same way, if you're walking around in the daylight, how do you know if your flashlight works?
When things are going well, you start to think you don't need any light. You assume that things are fine, and that you'll find a way to endure if things ever get tough.
But when things do get tough, when you wander through the dark nights of life, then you discover whether your faith is strong enough, robust enough, to endure the big challenges in life.
So when Jesus says that he is the light of the world, do you have the wisdom to build your faith now, to study Scripture and build a deep faith, wrestling with the hard parts of faith now? In doing so, we learn about how Christianity has something to say in the midst of suffering. Will you spend time now with those who are suffering, that you might serve them and also learn about the reality of what it looks like to have faith during suffering? It's easy in most of life to avoid others who are suffering, but in doing so, we are fooling ourselves, forgetting that one day, we'll be suffering, and we'll want community then, so let us be wise and pay it forward, serving as we'd like to be served, letting the Holy Spirit show us how our faith is light in good times and bad times.
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