In (Genesis 1:3) we read: “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Before God gave this command, on the first day, we know that darkness covered the earth for we read: “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” (Genesis 1:2). And since the sun, moon, and stars were not created until day four this light clearly was a supernatural light that exhibited the omnipotence of God.
God does not need the sun, moon, and stars to provide light, for God is light! (1 John 1:5) tells us: “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” And just as God was the light for the first three days of Creation He will also be the light in the new heavens and new earth. (Revelation 22:5) tells us that the light of the sun will no longer be needed for we read: “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light…”
But as amazing as this cosmic light display is, there is another kind of light that exists that can shatter the darkness of sin that lives in the hearts of all of us before we come to know Jesus, the true light of the world. For we read: “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” (John 8:12).
And as important as the physical light of day is, Jesus, the light of the world, is even more important, since He is the only antidote for the darkness that exists in the unregenerate human heart. The Bible tells us in (Ephesians 2:1) that we are “dead in trespasses and sins,” and are unable to come out of the darkness and into the light on our own. For this to happen we need the supernatural power of the one true light – Jesus! (1 Thessalonians 5:5) tells us, once we are rescued from the darkness, by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, we become “children of the light.”
At conversion sinners experience a kind of spiritual illumination that can also be viewed as a kind of “creation” that occurs in the human heart. Here, the light of Christ shines through our darkened hearts and performs the necessary spiritual surgery to bring us out of darkness and into the light. Without the light of Christ, we are doomed to spiritual darkness and everlasting separation from God. But praise God for Jesus – our ultimate beacon of light!
✨ Two Lights, One Lord:
When God Flips the Switch –> Why His Light Still Breaks the Dark.
🌙 Summary Statements from Curt’s devotional.
1. God’s First Light Wasn’t Solar. It Was Sovereign.
Curt reminds us that before the sun ever clocked in for work, God illuminated creation. He writes, “since the sun, moon, and stars were not created until day four, this light clearly was a supernatural light exhibiting the omnipotence of God.” This is not a physics lesson. It’s a theology mic-drop.
2. God Is Light, Not Just the Giver of It.
Curt anchors the devotional in the truth that God doesn’t merely supply light…He IS light. “God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” Creation’s first dawn was simply God being Himself.
3. Jesus Is the Light That Breaks Human Darkness.
Curt pivots from cosmic radiance to spiritual radiance: “Jesus… the true light of the world.”
The light of Genesis 1 breaks physical darkness. The light of John 8 breaks spiritual death.
4. Conversion Is a Personal Genesis.
Curt writes that at salvation, “the light of Christ shines through our darkened hearts and performs the necessary spiritual surgery.”
Your heart gets its own Day One.
The Spirit hovers.
The Word speaks.
The darkness doesn’t get a vote.
💡 Commentary: Why This Devotional Matters
This devotional is relevant because it refuses to let “light” be a soft metaphor. Curt drags it back to its biblical weight: Light as the first act of divine order, the signature of God’s presence, and the only cure for the moral blackout of the human heart.
Writing for a culture that sometimes treats darkness as aesthetic and light as optional, Curt reminds us that Scripture treats darkness as death and light as life. He shows that the Bible’s storyline is bracketed by God’s own radiance:
• Genesis 1: Light without a sun.
• Revelation 22: Light without a sun again.
History begins and ends with God personally lighting the room.
And in between?
Jesus steps into the story and says, “I am the light of the world.”
Curt’s devotional ties the cosmic to the personal. The God who lit the universe is the same God who lights your soul.
This is apologetics with a pulse:
• It defends the faith by showing the coherence of Scripture.
• It comforts the believer by showing the constancy of God.
• It confronts the skeptic by showing that darkness is not neutral — it’s lethal.
If God can speak photons into existence, He can handle your heart.
🦘 Words for the Children
Young-uns, imagine you’re in a room with no windows and no night-light. It’s dark, and maybe it feels a little scary. Then someone opens the door, and the whole room fills with warm, bright sunshine.
That’s what Jesus does inside us.
He doesn’t just turn on a light — He is the light.
And when He shines, the dark must run away.
🎀 “Keep the Tip” Mic Drop Aphorism:
The God who said, ‘Let there be light’ hasn’t stopped saying it. He just says it now inside human hearts.
Thanks Mr. Blattman.