Good morning, happy Wednesday,
“So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
(Exodus 10:22-23).
In all, God struck Egypt with a total of ten plagues: water turned to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock diseased, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the death of the firstborn. each of these was increasingly more severe and devastating to the Egyptians and to Pharaoh. Pharaoh hardened his heart and would let Israel go free until the last plague. The plague of darkness was so thick that the Egyptians could not see each other for three days and were paralyzed in their houses. It was an unprecedented darkness that could even be felt.
Spiritual darkness is even worse than physical darkness. Today, there are millions of unsaved people living in spiritual darkness. They are blinded to God, His truth, and His ways. It is no wonder the world in such a mess. There is chaos and confusion, with fear and anxiety everywhere.
In 1 John 1:5 says, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” While darkness was over all Egypt, there was light in the land of Goshen. God differentiates between the people of the world and His children. Even though we experience many of the same things the world does, that is not the same spiritually.
God calls us to walk in the light. 1 John 1:6-7 tells us, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.” We are children of light living in this dark, sinful world. We must let our lights shine for Christ. His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.
The devil is the prince of darkness. He has control over people, governments, and institutions in this world. We as believers are not in his kingdom but rather are in the kingdom of God. We are soldiers of light. We live in the light in the midst of the spiritual darkness. Colossians 1:13 says, “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” Paul also wrote in Ephesians 5:8, “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” When we are in the light, we are in the right.
May the Lord help us to walk in the light day by day and point people to Jesus. There is a huge difference between light and darkness. Let us let our lights shine in the darkness.
Have a blessed day in the light and by the light. Stay safe and healthy.
In His wonderful light,
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 