Darkness and Light

I have been thinking allot lately about the power of darkness and light. It would seem that we have been programmed to think that darkness, and anything regarding darkness, is evil or bad. This is a very curious thing. While i do recognize the scriptural precedence for evil works and darkness I do think we might need to refocus.

As I have considered light and how it is established throughout creation i feel that darkness might not be the absence of light, but rather an appeal for light to come.

If you consider the first instance that light and darkness are found in the Bible you find a world that has been touched by the rebellion of the enemy and those that followed him in the fall. The scriptures state that the result of the world, or creation, when confronted or faced by iniquity was darkness. The spirit then moved upon the face of the waters and subsequently darkness was separated and light was reintroduced.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Gen 1:1-5

The Bible mentions again in the Gospels that in the beginning, dealing with creation, that light was there but darkness could not comprehend it. (John 1)

I think that creation itself has been touched by darkness as a result of iniquity. As a result darkness comes as an appeal for light to be known.

How can we expect to know where to shine unless darkness is the current state. A candle in a lightened room does no good, but a candle in a dark room makes the whole room illuminated.

I think that the Lord is telling us that if we expect to shine as light we need to stop trying to shine a flashlight in the daytime.
Process is just as important as content. The Bible says that when we receive new wine we must recognize the importance of new methods wherewith to house and steward the wine. New wineskins are vital.

It is time to do things like we have never done them and see results like we have never seen. It is time to see places that have been dark for decades, waiting for light to come, being illuminated with the light of the Lord.

Let's go shine.

-J