Put your trust in the light

Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. (…) Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
John 12:35-36 and 44-46

REFLECTION
Jesus told the crowd that the Son of Man must be lifted up and will be taken away. The people just could not understand what the Lord meant by these mysterious words. Some of them did believe that Jesus was the Promised One, the Messiah, but they couldn’t imagine that their Liberator wasn’t going to stay with them for ever. They had their own expectations and didn’t want Jesus to leave.
But this is what we’ve just read: Jesus left and hid himself from them.
If we are pursuing our own plans, when we are trying to manipulate Jesus into doing our will, we will lose sight of Him and of the One He represents. We need Christ’s light to shine upon us, to show us God’s way and to liberate us from this world’s darkness.

PRAYER
Dear Lord Jesus, please help me to understand your Word. I need your light to show me what needs to be changed in my life; I need your light to get the right vision and perspective on the questions I am facing. I don’t want to remain in the darkness, I want to look at you and through you at the full light of the One in whom there is no darkness at all.
Light my way, dear Lord Jesus. I put my trust in You and I thank you for the light that You’ve brought into this world and into my heart! Help me to reflect your light so that the world will see that I am yours.