Light dispels darkness. Picture a dark room. See yourself walk in and light a match. The flame from a tiny match will dispel the darkness. In my high school years, I toured a cave. At one point the guide turned out all the lights. I could not see my hand before my face.

An unbeliever lives in utter spiritual darkness. We are called by the Lord to dispel that darkness through His light in us. In Ephesians 5:12 Paul wrote about those with hidden sins. Verse 13  says, “But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.”

The Greek for manifest is: to lay bare, reveal, uncover, make visible, make known what has been hidden or unknown, make clear. As I was memorizing that verse, my mind went back to George Whitfield. The light in him brought conviction of sin to those he met as he walked on the streets.

John 1:8 was about John the Baptist. It says, ‘He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.” So are we.