Freedom From the Dark Side
One night when our son was ten we sent him to get something from the car.¬Ý He ran into the house terrified and no force on earth was getting him back out there.¬Ý He wasn’Äôt afraid of the dark, but of what he thought he couldn’Äôt see in the dark.¬Ý
We’Äôve all known someone afraid of the dark, but it isn’Äôt the dark that scares them, it’Äôs what they imagine is in the dark.¬Ý Satan operates in darkness.¬Ý He loves it and the darker the better.¬Ý He doesn’Äôt want to be in darkness alone; he wants you. If he can coax you into the dark of sin and drown you in despair, he rejoices.
Satan vehemently hates Jesus.¬Ý It’Äôs satan’Äôs mission to undermine everything Jesus stands for and everything He does.¬Ý Why? Jesus is the Light.¬Ý¬Ý James 1:17, "Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven." The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. ¬ÝSatan knows truth and hates it, so he takes a miniscule piece of truth and twists it into a pretzel of lies.¬Ý Everything about Satan is darkness.¬Ý The Bible says, ’ÄúWe’Äôre to be the light of the world,’Äù not because we’Äôre good, but because the goodness of Jesus dwells in us and produces light.¬Ý
There’Äôs no need to be afraid of the dark any longer and no need to live in darkness either.¬Ý The Lord knows what’Äôs hidden in the darkness and if you’Äôll trust in Him, His light will dwell in you and reveal all things.¬Ý
He reveals things that are deep and secret; He knows what is hidden in darkness, and He Himself is surrounded by light. Daniel 2:22
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