About believing in spite of the darkness…in my devotional time today, the Lord really spoke to me from Acts about how while there is darkness all around, it can never penetrate the light, His light....
Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep. (NIV)
Although Christ died, He came back on the third day and defeated the darkness of death. What joy is there when we believe on Him and the Hope He brings.......When Stephen asked God to forgive the sin of those who were stoning him to death, (ever felt that way???) Stephen called down the light into the darkness taking his life. To believe in spite of the darkness, no matter what kind of darkness we face, we must have a clear understanding of the power struggle between the light and the darkness. The darkness depends upon our being blind, and tries to exert power over us while we are in it. When Stephen died as a result of being stoned, one would think the darkness had won out over Stephen's life. However, in Christ, we know Christ won out over Stephen's life because Stephen died only in the body and not in the spirit. In every battle we face with the darkness, in all its forms and in all its ways of hurting us, we have to see the truth. The truth is Christ and His light are always victorious forever.
Just a thought......
5 comments:
Gods Gal, that was very written.
Whatever you think the spirit is, or how you think we came to have it, I also believe we all have one.
I agree that truth, where ever we believe it comes from, will always, in the end, win out over darkness.
Thank you Ed, I really do appreciate your comments, and that you respect my beliefs....thanks for stopping by and feel free to share anytime!
Here's a question? When you turn the lights off, what happens to the darkness?
I was asked this before.
It's like being around a campfire...the further you are from the light, the darker it becomes, and the easier it is to focus on the dark, the key is staying close to the light so the darkness doesn't have a chance...turning the light off quickly, gives the dark permission to take over.....Did I pass sis? Love you !
actually, the light just changes shape, it never leaves:)
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