As I was driving home last night, I felt God leading me to read Ephesians, where the Word calls us to "live as children of the light" (Eph 5:8). I was once in darkness, but now I am in the light. This recent battle, I'm sure, is the enemy's ploy to keep me in darkness. But, there, there is no hope, no joy, no peace. I choose to live in the light! Oh Jesus, shine on me!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Remaining in the Light
This last week, I've been undergoing an intense spiritual battle characterized by darkness and light. The darkness rises up and consumes me. I am filled with despair, dread, hopelessness, fear and, most significantly, doubt. When I am in the darkness, I can't shake the feeling. I just sink deeper and deeper and deeper into it. Until, amazingly, God comes and rescues me, bringing me by His grace into the light. In the light, there is hope, peace, joy, and a deep longing to know God and to do His will. In the light, all doubt is gone. I find it interesting that these experiences have also been related to the presence of literal light and darkness. Perhaps the gloom of a never-ending Chicago winter has been getting to me, but I have a yearning to be in the sun, to see the dawn of a new day.
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