Walking in the light is simply walking with Jesus. therefore, there need be no bondage about it. We do not necessarily have to tell everybody everything about ourselves. The fundamental things is our attitude of walking in the light, rather than the act. Are we willing to be in the open with our brother  --  and to speak out when God tells us to? That is the 'armour of light' --- true transparency. This may sometimes be humbling, but it will help us to achieve a new reality with Christ, and a new self-knowledge. We have become so used to the fact that God knows all about us that it does not seem to register with us, and we inevitably end up by not knowing the truth about ourselves. But let a man begin to be absolutely honest about himself with just one other person, as God guides him, and he will come to a knowledge of himself and his sins that he never had before. He will begin to see more clearly than ever before where the redemption of Christ needs to be applied progressively to his life. This is the reason why James tells us to put ourselves under the discipline of 'confessing' our sins to each other'.

Just as water seeks the lowest place, so the moment God finds you so low and empty, His glory and power flow in.

Let's hold our heart out to Jesus,  longing that He may fill it with the water of life. Jesus is carrying the golden water-pot with the water of life. As He passes by, he looks into our cup, and if it is clean He fills it to overflowing. As Jesus is always passing by, the cup can be always running over. This is something of what King David means when he said, "My cup overflows". This is true life in Christ Jesus - the constant peace of God ruling in our hearts because we are so full to overflowing with blessing, both for ourselves and for others.

People think that dying to self makes us miserable, but it is just the opposite. It is the refusal to die to self that makes us miserable. The more we know death with Him, the more we shall know of His life in us, and so know more of real peace and joy. His life will overflow through us to lost souls in a  real concern for their salvation, and to our fellow Christians in a deep desire for their blessing.