Feeling Lost? Let the Light of Christmas Guide You Back
If you’re in a dark room and you want to get the darkness out, how would you get the darkness out? Could you take a vacuum cleaner and suck it out? Could you take a shovel and shovel it out? Could you take a broom and sweep it out? How would you get the darkness out of that room? Turn on the light.
Now, when you turn on the light, where does the darkness go? It flees. Goes under the bed. It goes in the closet. IT IT GOES OUT. IT CANNOT STAY. It is totally powerless against the light. Say amen. Would you be finding John chapter 1? When you found it, look up here. John chapter 1. I want to tell you an interesting story and really very sad story.
Back in World War II in the North Atlantic, there was an aircraft carrier that was in danger from enemy submarines, and they sent out five of their finest airplanes with five of their finest pilots to scout out and to see if they could spot the enemy submarines. It was at nighttime. The captain of that aircraft carrier realized he was in grave danger and gave this commandment.
He said, “Every light on this ship is to be extinguished. There is to be a total blackout. Those five pilots that had gone out to Were to try to find those enemy submarines finally came back and they radioed to that aircraft carrier. They said, “We’re coming home. Give us some light to land by.” The radio operator said, “I’m sorry.
There’s a total blackout. We cannot give you light.” Another of those pilots radioed in and said, “Just give us sunlight and we’ll land.” Again, the order came back. It is total blackout. We cannot give you some light. In desperation, one of the pilots radioed in and said, “Give us just one light to help us find our way home.
