"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" (Isa 60:1; KJV). God's light brings his glory. The Hebrew word for glory used here is chabod which means heavy, splendor and magnificence among other things. We know that when the glory filled the temple or the tabernacle in the Old Testament, the ministers couldn't stand. That is because the glory of God is the presence of God.

Another interesting verse to do with light is Malachi 4:2, which says that: “the Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings”. Obviously, the sun speaks of light but what a picture we have of Jesus with healing coming out of all the sunbeams.

In the New Testament we can find many references to light as Jesus calls himself: “the light of the world” (John 8:12) and he encourages us to walk in the light. I find Ephesians 5:9 very interesting; it says that: the “fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth". In that verse many Bible translators use light instead of Spirit.

The more time we spend in the "light" (God's presence and his word) the more these qualities will be formed in us.

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