Light That Darkness Cannot Overcome!

I read an interesting article this morning on the end of the pandemic. Maybe a question comes to your mind, “when did this happen, there are still people suffering from some variant of the coronavirus?” The author did not contest this. Rather he spoke to the end of the power of covid over the individual who has accepted his own mortality.

This is not a death wish. Admittedly one should take necessary precautions to live amidst a serious threat of illness. It could be argued however, that we should do that anyway. We should attend to matters of personal hygiene and protect ourselves from deadly elements to the extent possible. However, to become so fixated on something that you can’t see, or even control, and shut out living is not the answer. John 1 tells us of a light that brought life:

A fountain of life was in him, for his life is light for all humanity. 

5And this Light never fails to shine through darkness—Light that darkness could not overcome! John 1:4-5 (TPT) 

This spoke such love to me. Love from a Father who gave all of humanity a light, a light that could penetrate every form of darkness, in fact there was no darkness that could overcome it!

In my devotion from Oswald Chambers today, he spoke of learning to hear in times of darkness. Everyone of us will experience times of darkness, where shadows overtake our soul and cause us despair. Chambers suggests at these times that we need to be still, not to engage in needless conversation, but to be still and listen – to wait on God to speak. For it is in these times that He will speak and bring a light that only He can bring into our lives. We will receive revelation and insight that we need for our next season.

How different these past couple of years might have been, if we had heeded this advice, and instead of trying to argue our way into a solution, we quietly waited upon God to send us the healing that we needed. It does require that we face our mortality. Each of us will go by way of a grave. Yet, those times are in God’s hands, not in ours. He expects us to live, and to fight to live – for this is part of the human struggle against the forces of adversity. Yet trusting a loving God to keep us whatever the lot is an essential part of our faith.

Something to think about,

Maria