Spiritual Growth
You Know About Darkness, If…His Light
I don’t like darkness, unless I am in my bed, trying to go to sleep. However, in our busy cities with streetlights, porch lights and night lights some people never experience real darkness. Here’s a test. If you answer yes to even one of these questions, then you know about darkness.
been on a camping trip in the middle of a thick patch of trees on a moonless night.
I don’t like darkness, unless I am in my bed, trying to go to sleep. However, in our busy cities with streetlights, porch lights and night lights some people never experience real darkness. Here’s a test. If you answer yes to even one of these questions, then you know about darkness.
been on a camping trip in the middle of a thick patch of trees on a moonless night.
It’s a Different Kind of Darkness
It’s a heart-breaking darkness that is seen across our nation. It undoubtedly covers the nations of the world. The Bible calls it gross darkness in the King James Version. It means thick, heavy or gloomy darkness.
If you’ve discerned this darkness, then you know…
it’s the worst darkest of all. It is all around us.
You see it in the middle of small groups or large gathering of people. Even while they’re having fun. Places like ball games, parades or county fairs! Sometimes churches. (That’s a good thing.)
I’m talking about spiritual darkness.
You see it on their faces. You recognize it in their celebrations. You hear it in their conversations.
Surprisingly, if you’ve ever seen the news, even if it was only ONCE, you’ve seen the results of individuals and families crushed and robbed by the effects of the darkness.
I’m sure you’ve seen lives destroyed because people tried to cruise through life without a light. The darkness may be normal for some folks, but the resulting carnage and devastation is heart-breaking.
Isaiah 60:2
“For, behold,
the darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people…”
That darkness,
that gross darkness is stripping our children of their innocence and families of their fathers. It leaves people twisting and perverting love and sex and destroying our morals and culture in the process. But I stopped too soon when I copied that verse, there’s more. The remainder of that verse says, “but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.” God has a cure. He sent the light-Jesus into the world and He sent you to be a jar of clay or a lamp for that light to shine through. Verse 1 says “Arise , shine ;