Let Me Be Your Everlasting Light

2Samuel 22:29

Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord,
the Lord lightens my darkness.

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Oh baby, can't you see
It's shining just for you
Loneliness is over
Dark days are through
They're through

"Everlasting Light" performed by The Black Keys on "Brothers" by Patrick Carney and Daniel Auerbach

Light and darkness, two great themes. It seems that these are choices we are given to make, whether to pick the dark or the light, that's not true. We're born into from the dark into the light, but we don't always see the light--so we don't always look toward the light. The dark has real power, there's no denying that, but compared to the Light, in the end, dark has met its match. That's the issue, the light surrounds us, the light is everlasting, the darkness doesn't stand a chance, and still people live in the darkness of life without faith and grace.

"Can't you see," The Black Keys sing, "It's shining just for you." A life of love and peace and grace awaits in the light of God and God in Christ. By the power of the Holy Spirit this love is present for us, within us now and forevermore. How can we be lonely in such a fellowship? The truth is we can't. The truth is we still do because darkness spills into our lives. It spills like a drip and it spills in torrents. It is in these moments that we most need to hear "Can't you see," The Black Keys sing, "It's shining just for you."

The light overwhelms the dark. It has never been any other way. Never. David knows great sorrow and great joy. He knows the love of a brother and the loss of that brother. He knows the loss of a son and the birth of the son who is Solomon. In all he sings laments and he sings thanks. He sings "Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord, the Lord lightens my darkness."

The Lord is David's light in the darkness. David laments, but the darkness never has a chance. What a way to live.