Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 2:5 (New Living Translation)

Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!

Light. Sure seems to be a better place than dark.

I suppose that in our post(post(post))modern world, we don’t appreciate the idea of light and dark. We are always in the light physically. It is rare and only momentary that we are in the dark physically. I don’t have a good appreciation for what people felt about light and dark centuries ago.

This passage, like many others, calls for us to be with God and expresses it in terms of light. God came to us and showed us the way. We choose. We can stumble along or walk. Why is it that we—me—choose to stumble so often?