Let There Be Light 要有光
Dexu Xia
God said, “Let there be light.” Genesis 1:3
In my daughter’s earliest days, I often named for her the things she encountered. I’d identify objects or allow her to touch something unfamiliar and say the word for her, bringing understanding—and vocabulary—to the vast world she was exploring. Though my husband and I might naturally have expected (or hoped) her first word would be Mama or Daddy, she surprised us with an entirely different first word: her small mouth murmured dight one day—a sweet, mispronounced echo of the word light I’d just shared with her.
Light is one of God’s first words recorded for us in the Bible. As the Spirit of God hovered over a dark, formless, and empty Earth, God introduced light into His creation, saying, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). He said the light was good, which the rest of Scripture bears out: the psalmist explains that God’s words illuminate our understanding (Psalm 119:130), and Jesus refers to Himself as “the light of the world,” the giver of the light of life (John 8:12).
God’s first utterance in the work of creation was to give light. That wasn’t because He needed light to do His work; no, the light was for us. Light enables us to see Him and to identify His fingerprints on the creation around us, to discern what is good from what is not, and to follow Jesus one step at a time in this vast world.
In what area of your life do you most need God’s light right now? How has His light helped you in the past?
Thank You, Jesus, for being the light of life, who illuminates the path for me every day.
要有光上帝说:“要有光。”—创世记1章3节
在女儿年幼时，我会告诉她所接触的每一种事物的名称。我会教她辨识事物，或让她触摸那些她不熟悉的东西，然后告诉她这是什么，帮助她明白和学习新的词汇，探索这广袤的世界。虽然我与丈夫都很自然地期待（或希望）她说出的头一个词是妈妈或爸爸，但她说的第一个字，却让我们大感惊讶。有一天，我对她说“光”，但她的小嘴却冒出甜美而发错音的“公”。
圣经记载，光是上帝最先为世人说出的其中一个字。当上帝的灵运行在黑暗、空虚和混沌的地球上时，上帝将光引进祂的创造，说：“要有光”（创世记1章3节）。祂说光是好的，并有其他经文加以佐证：诗人阐述上帝的言语发出亮光，使人明理（诗篇119篇130节）；耶稣自称是“世界的光”，要赐给人生命的光（约翰福音8章12节）。
上帝在创造万物时，祂说的第一句话就是“要有光”。然而，这不是因祂需要光的照明才能工作。不，光是赐给我们的。光使我们能看见祂，使我们能在生活周遭认出祂创造大工的指痕，使我们能明辨善恶，并让我们能在这广袤的世界中，亦步亦趋地跟随耶稣。
此刻，在你生命中
哪一方面最需要上帝的光照？
祂的光曾如何帮助你？
藉着受造万物，我们能看见上帝的荣耀，以及祂的多个面向。