Into His Marvelous Light

[444 words] “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet. 2:9). I was reading this passage the other day, and a word struck me that I had rarely paid attention to before. Did you notice in the text that we are called into God’s marvelous light? Why didn’t it just say light? Couldn’t the point have been made just as profoundly without using the word marvelous? No, it couldn’t have! Marvelous is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as “causing wonder or astonishment.” God’s light does indeed bring astonishment, and we should continually marvel at that fact. Notice, for example: This light is marvelous because it emanates from God Himself. And no wonder, for God Himself is light (1 John 1:5). He…