When I Walked Out of the Darkness

I don’t have a dramatic conversion story in that I wasn’t addicted to drugs or involved in crime before being saved. But as an unbeliever I still lived in the dominion of darkness: 

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14  

Even if you were living a relatively moral lifestyle before you were converted, you were still in the “dominion of darkness,” where human minds define right and wrong. 

 

But when we are saved we rejoice in 1 Peter 2:9: 

“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”  

When saved we enjoy the light of our Savior: 

“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” Jesus, John 12:46  

What a wonderful thing to know that “God is light; in him there is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). 

I woke up at 5:30 a.m. today and it was dark in my house and outside, but when I got out of bed, I was walking in the light even before I turned one on!

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 

 

May these verses brighten our day!

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Read about my excitement about the Bible when I left the dominion of darkness: God Wrote a Book. I think you'll also enjoy my thoughts in this 1-minute devotion: Sitting in the Dark.

 

If you've purchased Wisdom for Life, I suggest you read or reread Day 15 to remember how God predicted the light of Christ long before He came.

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