The Alpha of Dealing with Darkness

UV2996/10000 The Alpha of Dealing with Darkness

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Isaiah 9 v 2


The great light that has driven away the shadows of sin, death and judgement is Jesus. Till the advent of Jesus into the world and into the lives of individuals, people walked in darkness. They did not know where they came from and where they were going. But Jesus came as the Daystar or Morning Star, the Sun of Righteousness. We no longer have an excuse to sit or walk in the darkness. We can see ourselves for who we are truly are in His light. We can see others too in His light. The light of His truth guides us on the paths we take, the choices we make. The light of His love warms our hearts. The light of His word heals us and nourishes us. His light liberates us. His light gives us a vision of our own lives, the ultimate purpose of our being. His light drives away the gloom of sadness and makes us joyful. His light gives us hope of eternity. His light is unlike that of the leading lights of this world who fade away with time. The glory of His light is ineffable or unfading.


The light that Jesus sheds on us makes death, the great unknown a mere shadow in our lives. He drives away our fears. The powers of darkness no longer have a claim on our lives and are terrified by our spiritual prowess and authority. We are no longer children of darkness but children of the light. We no longer play hide and seek with God but seek Him with all our heart and obey His leading in all things. No weapon forged in darkness holds any threat against us. We have no truck or connection with the agents and forces of darkness that are at work in this world.

Symbolically, when Jesus died on the cross, the earth was covered with darkness. But, on the third day when Jesus resurrected, spiritual darkness and its reign on earth was banished forever. Darkness cannot overcome light. Darkness cannot comprehend light but light can comprehend darkness. There is no element of darkness in His Light and likewise there should be no element of darkness in our lives. Every deed done in darkness is exposed and every deed we do as children of light is blessed and rewarded. Just as plants point their stems towards the sun and grows upward, we too should grow upwards towards Jesus. When we sit daily in His presence, we absorb His light and obtain our spiritual food even as plants obtain food through photosynthesis by absorbing the sun’s light.