LIGHT AND SHADOW - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Monday, December 21, 2015
by RBC Ministries

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LIGHT AND SHADOW

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The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.
-Isaiah 9:2

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Art historian, Seymore Slive, described the great Dutch artist Rembrandt(1606-1669) as the master of light and shadow, a compelling storyteller on canvas. Rembrandt's painting The adoration of the Shepherds portrays the darkened stable in Bethlehem where two shepherds kneel beside the manger while other people stand farther away. One man holds a lantern, but the brightest light shines not from his lantern but from the Christ-child. Illuminating those who have gathered close to Him.
Seven centuries before Jesus birth, Isaiah used an image of light and shadow to foretell the coming of a Saviour for Israel: "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined...For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given"(Isaiah 9:2,6).
Each person may see a different story in Rembrandt's painting, but perhaps each of us is represented somewhere in that stable. Are we kneeling in worship, standing back in hesitation, or hiding from the light that has penetrated our darkness?
Christmas invites us to step out of the shadows of darkness and to allow the light of Christ to shine into our hearts. - David McCasland
Observing God's love from afar
Is only a passing delight;
But when we experience Christ's presence,
Our darkness is turned into light. - Hess

Faith in Christ is not a leap into the dark; it's a step into Light.

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