The Light
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. John1:5, ESV
This particular morning at 1:30 AM I did not want to get out of the bed and go pray. But as I laid there the Holy Sprit began to remind me of a woman in Luke 13 who had been bent over for eighteen years and yet she continued to go to the synagogue for worship. In the passage, after eighteen years on a particular day, Jesus is at the synagogue teaching. The woman never said anything to Jesus, but he stopped in the midst of his teaching and healed this woman. I got up and headed down to my prayer room.
There is light in the darkest of hours; we just have to keep our faith in God. I was reminded of Joseph when he was sold by his brothers to a caravan of Ishmaelites on their way to Egypt. It is hard to imagine how Joseph must have felt, knowing that his own brothers hated him so much that they would sell him. He had no idea if he would ever see his family again. Yet the move to Egypt was in God’s plan for his future. I don’t know if it was God’s plans for his brothers to sell him, but nevertheless Joseph was headed towards a purpose God had planned for him.
Ludwig van Beethoven[n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music. His works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as heroic. During this time, Beethoven began to grow increasingly deaf. Beethoven's hearing loss did not prevent him from composing music, but it made playing at concerts—an important source of income at this phase of his life—increasingly difficult. It also contributed substantially to his social withdrawal. [Wikipedia]
You would think that God would have allowed Beethoven to keep his hearing as a world renowned composer, but many have said that his best work came after losing his hearing. Many times the things we think that are our greatest hinderance can be our most profound blessings!
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s experience with racism lead him into the calling that God had ordained for his life. He was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. As a black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination. [Wikipedia]
The example of these life lesson’s teach us that we never have to be afraid of the dark. The light is always there in the midst, we just have to keep our trust and faith in God!
Key points:
There is purpose in opposition.
Patience, faith, resilience and trust are required to experience the light.
Never let the darkness stop you.
Many times, the best times of our life comes with the greatest challenges.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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