We are light, yes, light in the Lord. In this expression, the ground, character and measure of that which becomes our ways as Christians is brought before us. Let us walk accordingly.
How comforting is the call of grace to holy ways! The most solemn appeal reminds us of our blessing and its security, even when urging us on with ever such closeness. How holy is our standing in Christ that God Himself should be able to say of us, “Ye [are] light in the Lord.” If He does, should we not say it of ourselves, both in privilege and responsibility?
Let us look to Him that, having been set outside all defilement (for there is nothing purer than light), we may go forward, showing that light which we are now in the Lord. It is in the light we walk, and by it we should judge all, for light we are. God would repudiate a lower standard or an atmosphere less pure. He is light, and in Him is no darkness at all; if we are His children, we are children of light.
W. Kelly