The Light of Christ

My husband and I have always enjoyed attending the Christmas Eve service at our church. In the early years of our marriage, we had a special tradition of bundling up in warm clothing after the service to hike up a nearby hill where 350 glowing lights were strung from tall poles in the shape of a star. There, often in the snow, we’d whisper our reflections on Jesus’ miraculous birth while we gazed out over the city. Meanwhile, many people in the town were looking up at the bright, string-light star from the alley below.

Indeed, the star is a reminder of the birth of our Savior recalling how a magi “from the east” who arrived in Jerusalem seeking “the one who [had] been born king of the Jews” (Matthew 2:1–2, NIV) and how they’d been watching the skies and had seen the star “when it rose” (Matthew 2:2, NIV). Their journey took them onward from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, the star going “ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was” (Matthew 2:9, NIV) and they “bowed down and worshiped him” (Matthew 2:11, NIV).

Today, you & I can praise God that Christ is the source of light in our lives both figuratively (as the one who guides us) and literally as the one who created the sun, moon, and stars in the sky (Colossians 1:15–16, NIV). Like the magi who “were overjoyed” when they saw His star (Matthew 2:10, NIV), our greatest delight is in knowing Him as the Savior who came down from the heavens to dwell among us. “We have seen his glory” (John 1:14, NIV)!

For me, I want to share Christ with pre–believing friends and those who have backslidden away from God and for Jesus to shine His light into their life through my life. Truly, “Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2, NIV).

How has Jesus brought light to your life? With whom might you share that today?

Profile Background:
Kirsten Holmberg – Our Daily Bread Ministries Asia Ltd

 

Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022) | Former Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant |A Connecter in ServeHope Pte Ltd & GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd | A KeyGuard Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch) | an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to Oct 2017); A Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the Special Needs Cluster) |A PwD Advocate – a representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.

Prayer Response to this featured article:
Thank You, Jesus, for being the light of our life.

(Reflected by Jeremy Koh upon the devotional written by Kirsten Holmberg – Our Daily Bread Ministries Asia Ltd, 24th December 2024 – Christmas Eve)