Episode Details

Wondering about the power of God’s Word and your own calling? Megan J. Conner reflects on John 1:1-5, showing how God’s Word has been present since the beginning, creating life and shining light into the darkness. This devotional reminds us that we carry God’s light within us and are called to bear it in the world.

Highlights

• God’s Word existed from the beginning and created all life (John 1:1-3).

• The light of God penetrates darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it (John 1:4-5).

• Believers carry God’s light within them, called to be ambassadors of His mission (Matt. 5:14).

• God’s Word guides, transforms, and shapes our lives, even fulfilling dreams He places in our hearts.

• Personal stories illustrate how God fulfills His promises in unexpected and meaningful ways.

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Full Transcript Below:

In the Beginning…
By Megan J. Conner

Bible Reading:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:1-5 (NIV)

It was 2001, and I was working in a faith-based coffeeshop and bookstore (a revolutionary concept back then), when a man struck up what would be a life-altering conversation with me. He had traveled up from Los Angeles to my city and stumbled across our unique shop. He started chatting and shared with me that he had formed his own Christian theater company. As an actor, dancer, choreographer, and director within the performing arts arena myself, this was beyond inspiring.  Something in my spirit leaped inside of me, and I had this glimpse, this knowing, that one day I would walk in similar footsteps. 

I daydreamed while he continued to talk, and I imagined a dark stage illuminated by a single light and this exact scripture from John chapter 1, echoing through the auditorium. To this day, nearly 25 years later, the impact of that scripture has never left me.  It has become deeply etched into my heart and has served as an anchor to my soul in both the good times and the bad.

In the beginning was the Word. The Bible tells us that God is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. The One who was, and is, and always will be (Rev. 1:8). He was there