Our blessed hope is that when there was darkness over the world, God spoke Light into it. But He is the Light, so what we learn is that God brings Himself into our darkness to be with us.
That is Emmanuel. God with us.
Genesis 1:2 tells us that the Spirit of God hovered or fluttered over the water – like a dove, close enough to stir the water with the beating of his wings.
The Light isn’t shining from far away. It’s shining so near to us.