DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Psalm 18:19 NLT He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.

Psalm 18:19 CEV When I was fenced in, you freed and rescued me because you love me.

We’ve probably all known times when we’ve felt like we’re fenced in, groping around in the dark and can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel but God never leaves us in the dark because He is Light and we’re children of the Light. 

Very often in the small hours of the night the enemy loves to come to tell us things are only going to grow worse, darker or more difficult. But if we keep listening we’ll hear God tell us that we’re overcomers, that His sun will rise new in the morning with His fresh mercy and grace to meet every day, every challenge, with His victory and strength, that His hand of blessing is on our heads and He’s going ahead of us into our day. God is so good to us isn’t He?😊

We are people of the light, and Colossians says we’ve been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of light. Even in the darkest valleys God is by our side leading us through and out the other side (Psalm 23).

Now our job is to look to the Light, to know Jesus our Redeemer lives in us and He will hold us up and be our strength, the One who rescues, heals and delivers us and brings us into a safe, broad place. God’s word declares all of those truths are for us, His children, who He loves with an unfailing love.

And the lovely thing is our verse reminds us that He rescues us because He delights in us.😊 How reassuring that is, so take heart and let’s declare our freedom from the kingdom of darkness and declare this is a new day, a day when God is going to provide all we’ll need and surround us with His love and protection, and give Him praise in faith for it. In Jesus name. Amen.

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