Post Tenebras Lux

After darkness comes light: The motto of the Genevan Church during the early 1500s, during the Great Reformation.

In my preparation for Bible Study Club last night, I was listening to a sermon on the topic of 1 Samuel 7 (The topic we had was 1 Samuel 6 & 7). In the sermon the Pastor was contrasting the state of 'Ichabod' Israel was in during Chapters 4 and 5 (4: 21 'and she named the child Ichabod, saying "the Glory has departed from Israel"... ). To the state of 'Ebenezer' in chapter 7 (7:12 'and called it's name Ebenezer, saying, "thus far the Lord has helped us.").In Chapter 7 the glory of the Lord has returned to Israel and he is on their side so that they are able to defeat the Philistines once again. Israel went through a reformation, they put away all the foreign gods and God was with them once again. Throughout the sermon the pastor was highlighting the importance of having the Glory of the Lord with us, the importance of being in a state of Ebenezer.

This brings us back to reformation. We have to constantly be in a state of Reformation, both as a church and as individuals. We should constantly be making sure that we are serving God in the way he commands us to. Constantly ensuring that we are going everything to the honor and glory of of God. How should we do this? Well perhaps we could take the example of the church during the reformation. The church which had the motto of "Post Tenebras Lux". The church of Geneva was so focused on maintaining a state of light within the Church that John Calvin preached 2 times each Sunday, and then again three times during the week. The Church worked hard so that they were continually in a state of 'Ebenezer'.