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Morning and Evening

January 5, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"And God saw the light." — Genesis 1:4 · KJV

This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord's dividing it from the darkness; now we note the special eye the Lord had for the light. "God saw the light" — He looked at it with complacency, gazed on it with pleasure, saw that it "was good." If the Lord has given you light, dear reader, He looks on that light with peculiar interest; for it is dear to Him not only as His own handiwork, but because it is like Himself, for "He is light." It is pleasant for the believer to know that God's eye is thus tenderly observant of the work of grace He has begun. He never loses sight of the treasure He has placed in our earthen vessels. Sometimes we cannot see the light, but God always sees the light, and that is much better than our seeing it. Better for the judge to see my innocence than for me to think I see it. It is very comforting to know that I am one of God's people; but whether I know it or not, if the Lord knows it, I am still safe. This is the foundation: "The Lord knoweth them that are His." You may be sighing and groaning because of inbred sin, and mourning over your darkness, yet the Lord sees "light" in your heart, for He has put it there, and all the cloudiness and gloom of your soul cannot conceal your light from His gracious eye. You may have sunk low in despondency, and even despair; but if your soul has any longing toward Christ, and if you are seeking to rest in His finished work, God sees the "light." He not only sees it, but preserves it in you: "I, the Lord, do keep it." This is a precious thought to those who, after anxious watching and guarding of themselves, feel their own powerlessness to do so. The light thus preserved by His grace, He will one day develop into the splendor of noonday and the fullness of glory. The light within is the dawn of the eternal day.