Letzthin war ich im Fussballstadion, um mir ein Spiel von meinem Lieblingsverein anzusehen. Während des Spiels ging die Sonne unter, und eine schöne Abenddämmerung überzog den Himmel. Auf der mir gegenüberliegenden Tribüne entdeckte ich plötzlich einen Fan, der das Licht seines Smartphones in der anbrechenden Dunkelheit angemacht hatte. Es dauerte nicht lange, da strahlten plötzlich vier, fünf, immer mehr Lichter. Fünf Minuten später funkelte das ganze Stadion wie ein grosses Lichtermeer.
«Ich bin das Licht der Welt», sagte Jesus über sich selbst.
Jesus ist das Licht der Welt. Er möchte das Schwere und das Dunkle in uns ersetzen. Er ist wie dieser erste Fan, der sein Licht nicht versteckte, sondern hell-scheinend in die Luft streckte, und damit Tausende weitere Lichter zum Scheinen brachte.
The other day I went to the football stadium to watch a game of my favorite team. During the game, the sun was setting and a beautiful dusk covered the sky. In the stands opposite me, I suddenly spotted a fan who had turned on the light of his smartphone in the gathering darkness. It wasn’t long before four, five, more and more lights were suddenly shining. Five minutes later, the whole stadium was sparkling like a huge sea of lights.
“I am the light of the world,” Jesus said about himself.
Jesus is the light of the world. He wants to replace the heaviness and darkness in us. He is like that first fan who did not hide his light, but shone it brightly into the air, causing thousands of other lights to shine.
Von Zeit zu Zeit muss ein Auto auf Mängel und Schäden geprüft werden, damit es strassentauglich bleibt. Es ist gesund, auch unser Herz regelmässig zu prüfen. Wer könnte das besser, als Gott unser Schöpfer, der unser Herz durch und durch kennt?
Durchforsche mich, o Gott, und sieh mir ins Herz, prüfe meine Gedanken und Gefühle! Siehe, ob ich in Gefahr bin, dir untreu zu werden, und wenn ja: Hol mich zurück auf den Weg, den du uns für immer gewiesen hast!
Psalm 139,23+24
David, der diese Zeilen geschrieben hat, bringt sein Herz zu Gott in den Prüfstand und bittet ihn, es zu durchforschen und ihn auf Mängel hinzuweisen. Es war ihm wichtig, alle seine Lebensbereiche regelmässig vor Gott offen zu legen und diese mit ihm zu ordnen und zu reflektieren.
Auch wenn dies nicht angenehm ist und Überwindung kostet, dient es deiner psychischen Gesundheit. Gott ist ein Prüfungsexperte, der liebevoll und wohlgesinnt dein Bestes sucht.
Willst du dein Herz von Gott prüfen lassen? Mache Davids Worte zu deinem persönlichen Gebet.
Artists try out various materials and techniques to better express their thoughts and feelings. Musicians practice their music one beat at a time, one note at a time, in order to memorize and perfect a new song. Architects and engineers study and apply complex calculations in order to plan and build safe constructions.
We invest time and thought in all of these things in order to become good at them.
King David wanted to get to know God better. He knew that God’s Word is important for this. He understood that the holy Scriptures helped him to understand how to live without hurting other people and without turning his back on God. Day after day, he invested his time in getting to know God better.
I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
Psalm 119:15
We can also learn from this valuable practice. If we want to get to know God, if we want to get to know Jesus, we need to get to know God’s word. By reading the Bible, we find out the kind of life God our Creator planned for us to live.
To whom or what are you devoting your time and thoughts today?
Tipp: To get to know God better, you could start reading the gospel of John today. If you’d like to, you could use colored pencils to underline the verses that speak to you.
I was at the cemetery in my hometown today. I visited several graves of people I knew. Both the date of birth and death are engraved on every tombstone. The beginning and the end of a person’s life on the earth. This all seems to be so established, so final. Limited time and the transience in relation to it are part of life and leave us seeming somehow small and impotent.
But are these engraved dates really final? Is everything really over the day I die?
There is a God who says of himself:“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.”
Revelation 21:6
The eternal God created the world. He exists outside of space and time. We were created to have fellowship with God for all eternity. Our souls live on even after we die. When everything else is gone, it is God who remains. The God of life and love sent his only son Jesus to the earth in order to reconcile you with him.
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