Exposure to the light of God in Jesus can take many forms.
Exposure to the manifest presence of the Jesus is one of the most powerful ways to be exposed to this light.
1 CHRONICLES 16:27 Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
ISAIAH 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them:
The Apostle Paul was very familiar with this form of power which brings transformation.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Under the Old Covenant there was a great measure of light, or glory which Moses was exposed to; this had a transforming physical effect on Him.
DEUTERONOMY 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. However, most of the people could not bear this Glory or light which necessitated in Moses covering His face.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the Old Testament, which veil is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
Even unto our day there is a veil over the hearts of the Jewish people. However, when the heart is turned to the Lord the veil is removed.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Beholding the Lord with our heart, in His manifest presence exposes us to the very life of God, God is light.
The manifest presence of God is a powerful catalyst for inner transformation.
Not only does transformation take place, but we become light in the area that transformation has occurred within us.
The prophet Malachi prophesied to this generation with the words … MALACHI 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.
The Lord will arise within us bringing healing to our whole being.
The more we are exposed to His light, the more we become light.
In the natural a plant has to only be exposed to sunlight for this transformation to begin.
Paul the Apostle was very clear in as much as he understood that this process could not happen under the law, it was achieved though the grace of the New Covenant, it is not by trying but by being, being in His presence.
GALATIANS 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Faith and Obedience are the hallmarks of the New Covenant. By faith we must position ourselves to be partakers of this life transforming light, for this was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.