Turn Toward The Light

In a recent magazine cartoon, two scientists, dressed in lab coats, are observing some kind of agricultural experiment. A row of plants is pictured in front of the scientists — flanked on one side by a powerful bright light — and on the other side by a large television screen. Each of the plants is leaning fully in the direction of the image on the TV. The caption beneath reads: “Notice how they grow away from the incandescent light source and toward the malicious celebrity gossip.”-1

We hear that and laugh because it strikes a chord in us. As Christians, how often do each of us turn away from the Life Sustaining Light of Christ, and toward the baser things…