What a remarkable statement the Lord made in our opening scripture. He says when you follow Him, you never walk in darkness and you have the light of life. How do you follow Him? You follow Him through the Word of God because He is the Word of God made flesh (John 1:14). Revelation 19:13 collaboratively declares Him as the Word of God: “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God”. You can’t follow Him without the Word. When you yield to the word God, you receive divine light. With this light, you are illuminated. In our opening scripture, Jesus calls this illumination the light of life. This is the illumination concerning the new life you received in Him. There are many who are not illuminated about the glorious life they have in Christ. As a result they grapple in darkness due to spiritual ignorance.

Psalm 82:5 gives a lamentation about such people who lack spiritual illumination: “They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course”. Without spiritual illumination, there is chaos or disorder. Verse 6 shows us what illumination they lacked, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”. They were ignorant about this truth and as a result they walked in darkness. While having that rich identity as gods, see the pathetic consequence of spiritual ignorance in verse 7:“But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes”. With spiritual ignorance, you become a victim just like the natural man. Follow the Lord in His Word, then you will be illuminated concerning the glorious life in Him.