Daily Bible thoughts 1071: Monday 8th February 2016: John 1:5: Inextinguishable Jesus.

We were travelling back to Auckland from the Bay of Islands and took the route through the Kauri Forest, where we saw New Zealand’s tallest Kauri Tree. Jilly took a photo of me next to this giant of the forest, and I am barely discernible on the photo.It sort of puts your small life into perspective. A plaque next to the tree says that it may be so old that it dates back to the time of Christ. However, someone had removed the name of Christ, but it was obvious that this was the case. Someone else had tried to write His Name back in. It gave us pause for reflection.We live in a world where many want to blot out the Name of Jesus. There are people who want to eradicate Him from history. But He is the indestructible Christ. The darkness is always wanting to overcome the Light, but it will never be able to. In that forest where someone, at least, had wanted to erase the Name of Jesus, we wanted to shout that we were not ashamed of Him.

Prayer: Thank you Lord that you are the Light of the world, and no-one can snuff you out.