Darkness does not comprehend Light

John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Point to ponder:  After contemplating last week's scripture about men loving darkness rather than Light - I was reminded about this scripture in John.  Not only do men love darkness, but darkness does not comprehend light.  Think about that statement - comprehend on the one hand means to mentally understand or grasp, but it also means to include, comprise or to encompass. In the original Greek of the New Testament, comprehend includes to 'take possession of" or 'make one's own', "To take into oneself".   Darkness, therefore, does not understand light, but it also does not include, comprise or encompass light.  Darkness does not take possession of light, nor does it make light its own.   Darkness does not take light into itself! What a picture of evil is that not!  Evil does not take light into itself because it would mean that darkness has to encompass Him Who is The Light... it will mean to take possession of Him who is The Light, to make his own Him who is The Light. 

"In him was life, and the life was the light of men". Darkness is an absence of light.  It is an absence of Him who IS Light - and if He is absent so would life be absent, for "In Him was life and the life was the light of men" As simple as that.  The absence of light in our spirits means the absence of life.  

How dark would our spirits not be if there were no light from God shining?  Why does man love darkness rather than light?  Let us ask Holy Spirit - He Who is the fire that was poured out on Pentecost, to come put on the lights in our spirits.  

Let the Light in - Kari Jobe