St John’s letter mentions about claiming to be knowing God, being in Christ, being in the light. We know that claims are not sufficient. Among the people who came to the temple many may have had such claims. None of them, except Simeon and Anna, recognised the Messiah. In Simeon we see a contentment of seeing what he has been waiting for. Simeon saw what he was making efforts to become, and he was walking in the light from the rays he had received. So, he feels the completion of his path. Let me go in peace.
There is a Christ moment in every one of us. Ultimately, what we are to become is Christ, though not the fullness of Christ. Christ is the purpose, the end, the completion, the Omega. The path we walk will decide whether it will be compatible to identify the Way and the Light. If Christ is not our desire and fulfillment, we can very well have a successful Christianity without Christ. That Christianity may not find contentment in Christ, cannot go ahead in peace, cannot become an instrument of healing and forgiveness. He is glory to those who have the glimpse of Him, and a light to those who are yet to walk in his paths.
1 John 2:3-11 Luke 2:22-35
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