Just as the mayor called the townspeople to serve in building and operating the lighthouse, Christians have been called by God the Father to walk in the light of his truth as shown in I John 1:5-7:

"5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (KJV)

Just as the mayor gave the authority for building and operating the lighthouse to his son, God has given all power in heaven and earth to Jesus Christ, who is head of the Church.

Jesus Christ has given his disciples the great commission of spreading the light of the gospel to all nations. We must follow the light of Jesus Christ because a good example is important in fulfilling our calling to make disciples of all nations.

Although Satan may appear as an angel of light, the true light comes from Jesus Christ and the Word of God. They light our path so that we can follow that route that light leads with boldness and without fear that we will run aground in our life’s journey. We are to study God’s Word diligently so that we can see the true light for our journey.

However, we are not to dock our spiritual ships and just stare at the light. We should not spend all our waking hours studying the Bible. We must study the Bible to see the light of God, but we are to use the light to see clearly how to navigate our spiritual ships through life’s stormy seas.

We need the light of God’s Word to guide us in our daily lives at school, at work, in the home, and in the church. We must be on the proper course to have true fellowship with the other disciples of Jesus Christ. We must admit our sins when the light shows us that we are off course, seek God’s forgiveness, and ask Him for a course correction.

We are not to argue with the lighthouse. Sometimes the course we are following seems to be good, but we must be willing to change course as we better understand the Word of God.