From today’s Lectionary (Tuesday of Holy Week)… “Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”” Jesus is going to die. He describes himself as the ‘light’. He helps people see things they didn’t see before. They can know God better.
Needing the light is a more general thing, too. Democracy depends on people knowing what is going on, so they can make informed choices. So when knowledge becomes so important, it may not be surprising that some leaders choose to keep their people (and possibly many others worldwide) in darkness.
Let’s all long for the light, love the light, seek the truth, however inconvenient it may turn out to be.