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The Crack that Let’s the Light Out

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." – II Corinthians 4:7

The late Leonard Cohen is known for a number of popular secular compositions, but one of them hints at a scriptural truth from First Corinthians 4 as illustrated by the candle holders with cracks and patterns.

“There’s a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.”

It is also how the light gets out.

What is with all the candles in our religious celebrations?

Nothing.

It is never about the candles, and it is always about the light.

"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." – I John 1:5

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." – John 8:12

" Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." – Matthew 5:14

That is what it is all about. That is what the season is all about. The world is stuck and stumbling in darkness and light has come.

Without light, we are all in trouble. Life comes to a screeching halt. The universe becomes one vast expanse of dark matter.

There is a container with a candle glowing in your home.

There is a container with a candle glowing in your life.

Yes, it is beautiful, but more than that, it is necessary, lifegiving, and God-revealing!

And we are the broken, cracked, and crafted vessels through which it shines … through which He shines!