While It Is Day (John 9:4)

2023-12-12

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John 9:4-5)

The Lord knew He would not be on earth forever the first time He came. He never stopped working during His entire ministry, knowing that there was a time He would not be in the world anymore.

Now Jesus is in heaven to return someday. When He was in the world, He was the light of the world. But He also told us, “Ye are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). We are to shine without any veil. Will there be a time when “night cometh, when no man can work”? There is a principle we learn from the Lord here, that we must work “while it is day.” Let this be part of the motivation to keep being the light of the world.

I tell you Jesus came the first time to die for our sins and to rise again. His second coming is not one of amnesty, but of judgment. Seek Him while it is day.