Put On Christ
John 1:5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
Light shines in darkness, and darkness has not overcome it. John's prologue gives Christmas its cosmic frame. Evil contests the light but does not master it. Your personal darkness—depression's fog, cultural confusion, private sin patterns—does not get the verdict over Christ's shining. Overcome here is a wrestling word; the light keeps shining. As year-end nights stay long, cling to this unbroken claim. Light may feel like a thin beam in you right now; thin beams still contradict total dark. Name where darkness has bluffed total victory. Answer with John's sentence. Stay near practices that expose you to the Light—Scripture, honest community, worship—so your eyes adjust. The darkness is real; it is not lord. Hold the line of this promise when headlines and private fears insist otherwise.
PrayerTrue Light, shine where darkness has claimed territory in me. I trust that it has not overcome You; make that victory tangible in my days. Amen.
