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THE KING’S BUSINESS
. ' R , . l C„ Clod Is Light.
These three words, found in 1 John 1:5, “God is . light,” contain one of the most marvelous revelations . regarding God’s character to be found in the. whole
Bible or any other literature. But the words, besides being such a marvelous revelation of tne holiness and love and wisdom of God, have a practical appli- cation to our everyday life. They throw a great light on the question of God’s guidance. It is because they forget that God is light many go astray when they are seeking to learn and do God’s will. They have impulses, they know not from what source; they have what appear like leadings, for example, to go to the foreign field, or to do some other thing, but they are not at all sure it is God s leading. Very likely it is not God’s leading; and yet they follow it for fear they may be disobeying God if they do not, or, perhaps, they do not follow it, and then get into condemnation through fearing that they have dis obeyed God. Many fall into the deepest gloom from this cause. They had an impression that they outfit to do a certain thing, they were not' at all clear the impression was from God, they did not do the thing, and then the devil has made them think that they had disobeyed God, and some even think they have committed the unpardonable sin because they did not obey this prompting (the origin of which they were not at all sure). If we would only bear in mind that , God is light and that therefore God’s guidance is clear guidance, we would be delivered from this snare of Satan. Provided our wills;are entirely sur- rendered to God, any leadings that are not absolutely clear are not from Him, as yet. We have a right in every case where we have any impression that we ought to do a certain thing, but where we are not absolutely sure it is the will of God, to go to God and say to Him, “Heavenly Father, I desire to do thy will; my will is absolutely surrendered to Thine, now if this is of Thee, make it clear as day, and I will do it,” and if our wills are absolutely surrendered to God, and we really realize our inability to decide for ourselves, and are ready to be led of Him, God will make it as clear as day if it is His will, and we have a right not to do it until He does make it clear, and we have a right to have an absolutely clear conscience in not doing it, until He. does make it clear. God is a Father and is more willing to make His will known to us than we are to make our will known to our children. Provided we really desire to know His will and desire to do His will at any cost, we have no right to be in mortal fear before God and to be in constant apprehension that we have not done His will. When we accepted Christ as our Saviour and surrendered our will's to God we did “not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear” but the Spirit Who gives us a place as sons, whereby we cry, “Abba, Father,” in perfect childlike trust in Him (Rom. 18:15). We would not mislead our children in such a case. We would not leave our children in any doubt or uncertainty. We would make our will as clear as day, and so will God make His. And the wav that is not made clear as day is not God’s way.
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