Top or Bottom, Light or Dark

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil (John 3:19).

Some fish are bottom feeders. Even when given good food nearer the surface, they still return to the dark bottom to eat garbage. Catfish, suckers, and bream are some common types of fish you may be familiar with that are often considered bottom feeders. But as with humans -- an analogy that is coming up -- some of these bottom-feeding fish eat more refuse than others.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deed should be reproved (John 3:20).

Many Christians are like those fish. They go to church on Sundays to be fed in the Word, but they return to worldly garbage the rest of the week. They exist, they survive, but they never really thrive. They might pretend, look, and act as if they do, but nobody lives as well as they could or should on filth and garbage. A few even resort to drugs or alcohol at times during the week. They think no one knows their secrets and how they really live, but God knows, and in the end, such a lifestyle will destroy them.

But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought to God (John 3:21),

If you live a selfish life through the week just like you did before you were saved and if neither you nor anyone else can tell any difference in your life from what it was like prior to salvation then you might question whether or not you are really saved and rectify that. The only way to live the abundant life God wants to give us is to surrender to Him and live for Him. You must become a new creature. Your perspective and desires change.

Do you feed on God's Word regularly and spend time with Him in prayer? Do you hunger and thirst after righteousness? Spiritually speaking, are you drawn to the Light and have your eyes fixed upward on eternal things? Are you more of a bottom-feeder or a top-feeder? If you aren't sure or don't like the answers, the Lord will help you change.

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