Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, ‘I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.’ John 8:12
Before he knew about God’s love, Maksi said he thought that violence was the only way to keep his family under control.
Jesus declared, “I am the light of the world,” and extended an offer to all people when he said, “If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life” (John 8:12).
Maksi, a 42-year-old husband and father of 3 sons knows what walking in darkness looks like. His life was filled with fighting, turmoil and a burning need to control. He says, “[I] never felt at peace as a person. [I] always used to find a reason to begin a fight and sometimes used violence against [my] wife and sons.” But then Jesus, the “light that leads to life,” broke through.
One day, Maksi heard programs about God’s love on the radio. “I have been touched,” he said, “And now my family situation is quite different. I thought violence was the only way, but I now know God’s love and I am solving my problems in a different way—I pray with my family, and we all ask for forgiveness of sins and peace!”
You don’t have to live in whatever darkness you find yourself in today either. The same love, the same transformational light that leads to life is offered to you too.
Maksi made a choice: he chose to lay down his own way to follow Jesus. Maksi now lives in the reality and the power of God’s love, extending forgiveness to his family now that he has been forgiven. When the light of God’s love enters a life, everything changes—including a family.
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