Luke 11: 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s scripture speaks of light. If our body is full of light, having no darkness, then the whole body will be full of light, as the bright shining candle that gives light.<\/p>\n
Firstly, the word translated as “candle” does not refer to a wax candle as generally used today. They used the Herodian lamp, which is designed as a pot filled with olive oil, having a nozzle sticking out through which a wick made of twisted cloth is used to burn and give light. The light is brighter than a normal candle, for the wick is thicker. A typical lamp would burn for at least 4 hours (the number symbolises world\/worldly life).<\/p>\n
Olive oil lamps offer a clean, renewable, and soot-free lighting alternative to traditional paraffin candles or kerosene lanterns. Because olive oil has a high flash point, it is significantly safer and will not ignite if accidentally spilled.<\/p>\n
The question is how the light is signified in our body! Does it speak of good deeds, purity, holiness or other Fruits of the Spirit? Actually No.<\/p>\n
To understand light, we need to understand darkness. Darkness is measured as not the absence of light but as obstruction to light. Light exists everywhere so darkness is where light is restricted; the more restricted, the more darkness. But interestingly, there is nothing like absolute darkness.<\/p>\n
We heard of the black hole, a region in space that has such great gravity that light cannot escape. But an interesting fact is that they are associated with light because of the brilliant radiation produced by matter swirling just outside their “point of no return”.<\/p>\n
Light symbolises the plans of God; these would include His commandments, statutes, and His Word (instructions for things ahead till our worldly life). Actually, all 3 are the same. This light burns in us when we abide in His Word, and the Word is resident in us. In us means our inner man, and the effect of this is visible in our natural body too (no sickness or blemish).<\/p>\n
When we reject the Word and do not abide in it, then darkness starts to exist in us. We do not all know the whole truth, thus every one of us has some level of darkness in us, and thus none of us is perfect. Our baptism in Christ is the process of overcoming the darkness within us. What is important is that we keep fighting this darkness; the more we overcome it, the more the glory of God shines from within us.<\/p>\n
What is interesting to know is that if we abide in darkness, we will still glorify God, but this light does not come from within us like the black hole, but from our destruction. We glorify God either way.<\/p>\n
Let us choose the Light to shine from within us by abiding in Him, His Word by studying it more and more, and applying that understanding to our lives.<\/p>\n
[Prayer Starter]
\nLord, You are Almighty God. You are Light for You created us for a great purpose and allowed darkness to come so that we overcome the darkness and be found worthy. Lord, we pray for the importance of Light and thus protect ourselves from darkness, that we overcome it and do not let it grow in us…<\/p>\n
This prayer we make in Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/p>\n
[Reference Scriptures]
\nPsalms 119:97-104
\n97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
\n98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
\n99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
\n100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
\n101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
\n102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
\n103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
\n104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.<\/p>\n
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.<\/p>\n
Dated 02 June 2026
\nBro Rollwyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luke 11: 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,28],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-light-in-the-body","tag-luke-1136"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedbyfaith.info\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}