Reigning by light

On Sunday, December 14, 2025, Dr. Raoul Wafo addressed the theme: Reigning through light.

This title contains two key words: "reign" and "light." We will take each of them separately and then try to understand what "reigning through light" actually means.

"To reign" can be defined as exercising sovereign, lasting, and recognized authority over a given territory, people, situation, or domain.

In a figurative sense, to reign means:

• being preponderant, dominant, master of the situation,
• establishing oneself as the main force.

In the Bible, reigning is not limited to governing:

• it is exercising authority given by God,
• manifesting a position, an identity, and a responsibility,
• influencing through light, justice, and truth, not through coercion.

The word "light" refers first and foremost to God's very first work, as we read in Genesis 1:1-3.

To be more precise in the spiritual context that remains our frame of reference, the doctor explained to us that light evokes and embodies so many things, among which he listed 12:

The identity of a child of God, life, preeminence over the world of darkness, wisdom and intelligence, leadership (one cannot be enlightened and be a follower), activity and prosperity, influence, integrity or holiness, exposure (everything that comes into contact with light becomes visible), reputation, abundance, glory.

We can therefore say that "reigning through light" means exercising influence and authority through our identity as children of God through the Light that is within us.

In the rest of his message, the doctor gave an illustration to facilitate understanding, based on the law of first mention.

Light was created before Man, and Man was created on the^6thday. Since Man was created on the^6thday, normally everything that was created before him should dominate him (animals and the rest of creation), but one element changed the situation: Light.

Man thus appears as a vessel, like a glass of water into which Light has been poured, and it is this Light that changes who he is. It is this Light that gives him his full weight.

To conclude, I would like to emphasize two points that I believe are very important: light is both a transmitter and a receiver; it emits, but it also captures and receives.

More simply, light is emitted and received.

First, we receive Light when God begins to live in us by accepting Jesus Christ, and this is normally followed by an inner transformation that those around us can attest to after a certain amount of time.

It is this light within us (the life of Zoe) that will enable us to emit and therefore enlighten others so that the kingdom becomes visible and tangible in the spheres of our calling. However, it is important for us to keep in mind that beyond reigning in life, society, royalty, and therefore the kingdom, it is first and foremost a state of mind and a lifestyle that is reflected in our behavior, our actions, and our way of being, which must be exemplary, and our pursuit of excellence in everything we do.

Reigning by light is therefore a combination of several components, each as important as the other.

Dr. Wafo's full message is available here:

Stay blessed. We are together!

SBE