"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
Romans 13:12
The verse before this encourages us to wake up out of sleep. I think it is basically promoting the idea that we need to symbolically get up and get to work, spiritually. God is our father, making sure that we heard the alarm clock and we're not going to be late. :)
The symbols of light and darkness here also suggest the idea that we should be casting off sin and letting go of evil, and embracing goodness and light. Perhaps even fighting for them, or at least protecting ourselves with them, going along with the symbol of the armor.
I like the idea of being protected by light, and the casting off of darkness in the form of repentance. I think that sometime we see repentance as this thing that weak people do... but all of us are weak in different ways, and repentance is something that all of us need to do.
Today, let's work on casting off darkness and walking in the armor of light. That will definitely mean different things in each of our lives, but the general idea can be applied to everyone as we seek God's help. As we do so I think we'll find that we become not only lighter but more free and more happy as those dark burdens are cast out of our lives.
Romans 13:12
The verse before this encourages us to wake up out of sleep. I think it is basically promoting the idea that we need to symbolically get up and get to work, spiritually. God is our father, making sure that we heard the alarm clock and we're not going to be late. :)
The symbols of light and darkness here also suggest the idea that we should be casting off sin and letting go of evil, and embracing goodness and light. Perhaps even fighting for them, or at least protecting ourselves with them, going along with the symbol of the armor.
I like the idea of being protected by light, and the casting off of darkness in the form of repentance. I think that sometime we see repentance as this thing that weak people do... but all of us are weak in different ways, and repentance is something that all of us need to do.
Today, let's work on casting off darkness and walking in the armor of light. That will definitely mean different things in each of our lives, but the general idea can be applied to everyone as we seek God's help. As we do so I think we'll find that we become not only lighter but more free and more happy as those dark burdens are cast out of our lives.
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