They need the light, but they will never have the light. In verse 10 we read, "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him." What we learn here is that people in the world are hopelessly and irrevocably lost. Jesus Christ, who brings life, and is the true light, shining bright in our dark world. The only thing that will bring us true life is Christ. Things which God created to be finite cannot possibly fill the infinite void which exists within the human soul. We, as human beings, were not meant to be satisfied with trinkets, ourselves, or even other human relationships. Oh, just because they're temporary doesn't mean that they won't bring us some pleasure.
These things are temporary, and they were never meant to satisfy us.
Jesus is also where we find true life! See verse 4, where John says, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." We think that we'll find life and satisfaction in God's creation.in created things, whether that's sex, love, money, power, political causes, sports, our children. Because Jesus is God! He was there in the beginning, when the world was made! He wasn't just there, but He Himself took part in bring it about! He was in the beginning with God." John is telling us, right here in the very first verse of his gospel that Jesus is God! This should be encouraging for us, because it means that if we want to get to know God, then the first thing we need to do is get to know Jesus. What does he say about Jesus here though? He says, "The Word was with God, and the Word was God. What do we hear John saying when we read through this section of scripture? When John talks about the Word, he's talking about Jesus! He's speaking of Jesus before He was a man, before He took on flesh. But to all who did receive Him, who believe in His name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:1-13 (ESV)
He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through Him. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And one of the most striking descriptions that we have in the New Testament regarding light can be found in John 1:1-13. I remember it as clearly today as if it happened yesterday. That moment, which I experienced over and over again each time I drove home over the course of 4 years, has never left my mind. The lights of Amarillo, shining in the darkness. My heart would be aching for home, and then I'd come over a rise, and there it was. And Amarillo, as the only city in the panhandle of Texas of any size, can be seen from miles away as you're traveling towards it in the dark. I yearned, in those moments, to be in a comfortable place, surrounded by the loved ones I missed so much when I was away at school. I would head back home after having been away for several months, homesick and ready to see my family. One of the first times I ever felt this was when I lived in Abilene as a college student at ACU. The way lights illuminate the darkness has always been fascinating to me.
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