When the Day Draws Near
Every sunrise is one day closer to the moment we see Jesus.
Either He’s coming for us, or we’re going to Him.
Either way, time is short.
Paul said, “The night is far spent, the day is at hand.” In plain words: the dark is almost over, and a new day is coming fast.
He wasn’t warning us to panic. He was inviting us to wake up.
You and I don’t belong to the night anymore. The darkness we once lived in, filled with fear, guilt, shame, and selfishness, doesn’t fit us now. So Paul says to take it off like dirty clothes. Not because we’re trying to impress God, but because those things aren’t who we are anymore.
When you put your trust in Jesus, something amazing happened. His light moved in. You became a child of the day. His Spirit now lives inside you, and that light can’t be hidden.
The Christian life isn’t about trying harder to be good. It’s about learning to live from the light that’s already inside you.
Every time you choose forgiveness instead of revenge, you’re living in the light.
Every time you give grace instead of judgment, you’re living in the light.
Every time you love someone who doesn’t deserve it, you’re living in the light.
That’s what it means to “put on the armour of light.” It means we let Jesus be seen in us.
And that matters, because people living in darkness are desperate for hope. They’re looking for light. They may never read a Bible, but they’re reading our lives every day.
If they see peace when everything’s falling apart, if they see kindness when the world’s mean, if they see love when there’s no reason to give it, that’s light. And that’s what draws people to Jesus.
So yes, time is short. But don’t let that make you afraid. Let it make you intentional.
Live ready not with fear, but with faith.
Love well.
Forgive quickly.
Walk lightly.
The night is almost gone. The dawn is breaking.
And the same light that’s coming from the sky is already shining in you.