He’ll bring light into your darkness. It’s what He does.
I don’t know about you – but I need a light source….
And so…true. He DID meet me there.
In the moments that followed that quick and quiet little dialogue we had at the sink – He met me in scripture after scripture after scripture. Scriptures that spoke directly to many of the issues that were ailing me that day. It’s His specialty. Bringing light into the darkness is His thing. And the Word is often times how He does it.
I’ve felt so convicted of this lately. It’s been all over my heart and consistently on my mind – that the Word is an amazingly awesome light – for my life – and yours.
Do I really get that? Do I really believe that the Lord will reveal Himself to me in The Bible? Am I giving Him a chance to lead me in to some seriously supernatural stuff – through scripture? Hardly.
This is a monstrosity, really. It’s devastating to my faith. It keeps me in the dark. But when I open that Book and I ask Him to make it fresh and alive and new to me – it’s like I’m opening the curtains to let some Son light in.
You should try it. For some of us – the pages are gonna stick together because it’s bran spankin’ new. For some of us – when we crack it open it’s gonna have that just-off-the-shelf smell. Or maybe even a mothball smell. For some of us it’s gonna seem silly. And monotonous. And weird. But let’s do it anyway. If you are like me – you’re in need of some light-bulb moments. Maybe even desperate for them.You need a slither of light to shine through. You need some brightness – And He’ll bring it.
See for yourselves:
John 8:12 (NKJV)
2 Corinthians 4:6 (The Message)
My Mom called me up one day – and said, “Sugar, you HAVE to read Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo. It’s about a little boy who actually went to Heaven. You must read it. There’s some things in it I think you’ll appreciate.” Being the skeptic that I am – I almost scoffed at the title. “Really? A boy who went to Heaven? We’ll see.” Two days later – I’m walking through our church with my family and some friends of ours stopped to give us something. Guess what it was? Yep. That book… Heaven is for Real. Out of nowhere – for no particular reason – these sweet friends of ours gifted us with that book. “Maybe there’s something to this”, I thought. Having a hunch that it was a “God-thing” – I dove right in. Look what I found…
As Colton – the little boy who went to Heaven – explained to his Dad what Jesus looked like he said, “And His eyes….oh, Dad, his eyes are so pretty!” People. If you read my post about this very thing – you get how huge that statement is for me. The book mentioned it again though – this time from a little girl – an art prodigy who lived in the home of an atheist – who had visions of Heaven herself. Describing Jesus she said, “He’s very masculine, really strong and big. And his eyes are just beautiful.” If you haven’t – please read my ‘A Whirlwind of Whispers’ post. And you’ll see why these revelations from these young kids are such a big deal to me. And then let’s recap:
1) For months – everything I run into pertains to “Jesus’ eyes and face”. And I wrote a blog post on it.
2) My Mom calls and tells me I need to read the Heaven is for Real book.
3) Two days later – I receive the book – From people who don’t even know I have a blog or that my Mom mentioned it.
4) In the book – I run into two more thoughts about Jesus’ eyes and face.
The Lord reeeally wants me to get this. He’s after me on it. Do you know He is after YOU for something, too? He has some light for you that He wants to shed. He looks on you with compassion and longs for you to seek Him…His light and His grace and His healing. It’s true. Please don’t forget who you are dealing with here… the woman who writes this has known the darkness of doubt. And skepticism. And spiritual blindness. If I can see Jesus pursuing me….If I can sit here and type this in all honesty and integrity and with an ethically upright heart….If I can look around and truly see a God who loves me and longs for me – any ol’ person can.
He’ll reveal Himself to you. And the light he sheds on your life will change you for good. You know that kitchen sink conversation I had with Him? It wasn’t just for me. He’s saying, “I’ll meet you in My Word.” to your sweet soul, too.
The Light is shining. You just need to peel back the curtains a little.
Love this post!
Oh, if we could all continue to hold on to the light. How easily we slip back into darkness and go through so many trials before we wake up and remember the "light".
It is SO simple and we try to make it so hard~~~~~~just flip that switch and "stay in the light" !!
Darlin, I pledge today to start reading my Bible daily as you do. Haven't been as active with that as I can and should be. Im going to give you a huge compliment now…You get more like your MeeMaw everyday, prayer by prayer!!
So this is pretty crazy…last night I was standing at the bathroom sink (must be something to this "talking to God at the sink and hearing from Him thing" filling Cohen's humidifier tank before bed and I prayed, "God, give me a song" Almost instantly, as in milliseconds later, I had a melody and words to a chorus…are you ready for it????
Jesus, You're my sole desire
All-consuming fire
Let my whole life blaze for You
Shining, lighting up the darkness
Fill me with Your holiness
Let my whole life blaze for You
So I immediately began working on it after the boys went to bed and began reading all of the scriptures you posted in your blog about Jesus being a light. And I also studied at length the Matthew 5 passage that talks about us being a city on a hill and a light on a stand for the world to see.
Ummmm…(insert twilight zone music here) I think God's trying to tell us both something about His light and how it works in our own lives to shed light on a darkened world.
Thanks for the confirmation that I'm on the right track with this new song 🙂 I definitely think God wants us to see Him as bright and shining, His word as bright and shining, and wants us to be bright and shining for Him in this darkened world we call home. Love it!
K-
The family I mentioned in my blog also has a blog if you want to check them out. They are in my "blog roll" A Quiver Full.
oh beautiful. gorgeous. And isn't it amazing how the supernatural really happens. and it's just amazingly gracious. He really is here… with us.
P.S.
Interested in getting some Son-Light? I'll be working on a post that will discuss how I've received some and how you can too! Whispers, resources, the Word….. coming soon 🙂