Cutting Holes in the Darkness

The story is told that, at age twelve, Robert Louis Stevenson looked out into the darkness from his bedroom window, watching a man light the streetlamps below. When his governess asked what he was doing, the young boy replied, “I am watching a man cut holes in the darkness.”

As we think of Christmas, we are reminded that this is exactly what God did on that special night so long ago—He cut a hole in the darkness! Through His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, God penetrated our dark world with the light of life.

“In Him [Jesus] was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” (John 1:4-5)

Now, more then 2,000 years later, that light has been passed on to us! We are to be busy cutting holes in the darkness! Jesus left us a command:

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)

Every time you teach a Good News Club, you are cutting holes in the darkness, helping those children receive the Light.

Every time you train a teacher, you are cutting another hole in the darkness. And your teachers are going out and cutting still more holes as they reach the children with the Gospel.

“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins…” (Acts 26:18)

There are instructors of teachers all around the world who are busy cutting holes and letting the light shine in the darkness. May God bless you and all of our IOTs, and give us a renewed desire to multiply ourselves so that many more children will be brought out of darkness to light in 2009!