There is a tendency to put human beings into neat little classifications. Sometimes these are "either/or" categories. For instance, some individuals are said to be "day people"—alert and energetic in the morning but inclined to run down considerably by the close of day. Others are termed "night people"—starting slowly and reaching their full energy and alertness only at night. Many people identify themselves with one group or the other.
One need not acquiesce in such classifications. They are restrictive. Pursued to their full implications, such classifications are flagrant denials of the real, spiritual man's divine heritage of dominion. Man is the image and likeness of God, as stated in the first chapter of Genesis. To suppose that one is the expression of his Maker only at certain times and periods is to accept limitations never imposed upon man.
The Scriptures contain many allusions to day and night, light and darkness, in a figurative or symbolic sense, distinguishing between the forces of good and of evil. In a literal sense, however, where these terms apply simply to portions of the twenty-four-hour period known as a day, there is no reason to make any distinction. The Psalmist says, "Even the night shall be light about me" and, "The darkness and the light are both alike to thee." Ps. 139:11, 12;
