Did you see the Light?

Advent 2011 Day 12

John 1:1-9
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

It's really sad when the world is so dark that they cannot even recognize the light without someone coming to tell them that the light is coming. But that is what John was doing.
If I got a group of people together in a dark room, and told them to just wait, they would notice if I came walking into the room five minutes later with a spotlight. But if I put them in a dark room and blindfolded them, they wouldn't see the light. Perhaps they would think they had seen something, but they wouldn't know if it was really a light, or if their eyes were just playing tricks on them. Someone would have to come up to them, and tell them a light was going to be coming, and they should take off their blindfolds if they wanted to see the light.
And that's what John was doing. He was preparing the people to see Jesus. God knew that people would not see Jesus when he came. Their eyes were covered with thick blindfolds, and they didn't even know that. He wasn't actually the light, but he was the one saying, "Guys, there's a light coming! If you want to see it, you have to uncover your eyes and look."
If I was in that dark room with all of those people in blindfolds, they'd probably think that I was crazy to come tell them to take off their blindfolds. Some people wouldn't see a point. If it's dark, what's the difference if you're wearing a blindfold or not? And some people might even be frightened. It is scarier to be in the dark when your eyes are uncovered and you still can't see a thing. But the only people who would see the light are the ones who had the faith to take off their blindfolds and look.
Do you have faith? Have you even taken off your own blindfold? Are you helping others to take off theirs? Do people see the light because of you?