Bursting Through

"When darkness overtakes the godly, light will come bursting in.....They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them." Psalm 112:4,7....Only when we cling to His Word can we thrive in the dark. We thrive by the light of His Word." Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild is a woman who has been blind since the age of 14. She knows much of what it is to live in literal darkness. She is also a woman who knows much of what it is to live and trust in His Light in the midst of that darkness, both the darkness of blindness, and the spiritual darkness that is everywhere around her.

We live in a fallen world that is cloaked in that darkness. A darkness that has been making itself known in seemingly endless ways. Many, even in the church, feel overwhelmed by what they see unfolding. The root meaning of the word overwhelmed is "surrounded." We feel surrounded by this darkness as it presses in upon us from every direction. Yet for us is a precious and wonderful promise; He tells us that for those who are His, who live for HIm, trust in Him, His Light will come bursting through the darkness, even the thickest darkness, and like a light switch flipped in a darkened room, crush it the wall.

The people of God are not immune from the enemy's attacks in the dark. Darkness will, as His Word says, overtake us. But it will NOT consume us if we remain steadfast in our faith and trust. Rothschild said that when she lost her sight, she had to learn to live not by what she couldn't see, but by what her cane said was there. She learned it was the same in the realm of her faith life. It was not what she couldn't see in the darkness, but what by what His Word promised was there...God Himself. His Presence, Power, and Person. We cling to His Word, and Jesus Christ is His Living Word. We cling to Him...in the darkness, and He will come bursting through.

Someone said that lightning flashes out from the throne of God and that whoever lives close to Him gets drenched in His power by it. I believe that is what takes place when His Light comes piercing through the threatening darkness. He not only lights the way before us, but He empowers us to overcome every intent of the enemy towards us. We don't just get through it. We don't just somehow survive. We thrive in the midst of it. We know it has no power over us because we are filled with and surrounded by His power, light, and life.

Darkness will overtake us. Our choice is to trust Him in it, follow Him through it, and thrive within it. His Word says that darkness is not darkness to Him. It has no power or effect upon Him. Therefore, it has no power over us. There's an old saying about those who "whistle in the dark." It points to a kind of wishful bravado that there is nothing to fear there, one whistles to try and bolster their courage, but all the while, fear reigns in them. Not so for the believer who trusts in Him. We don't whistle in the dark, we sing in it. And we sing a song of victory. We sing because we know His light will never cease to burst through. Believe that in your dark place. His light is already piercing it.

Blessings,

Pastor O