walking in the dark

I ALWAYS have to get up in the night and go to the bathroom. And I HATE turning on the lights. So, most nights, with eyes closed and no lights, I make my way to the bathroom, shuffling my feet and walking thru the darkness. Because I am familiar with my surroundings and know where the furniture sits, most nights I can make it there and back with out stumping my toe, hitting my knee or falling down. Last week, I had to go downstairs in the middle of the night and much like my treks to the bathroom, I made the journey down the stairs in the dark. About halfway down the stairs, it hit me. The reason I can wander around in the darkness is because I am so familiar with it. And then, I realized that this is NOT a good thing.
The Word is so clear about darkness.
1 Peter 2:9 says “But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”
We are not called to walk in darkness and we are not to be so familiar with darkness that we could walk around in it with our eyes closed, knowing our way. We NEED to be of those who walk in His marvelous Light.
1 John 1:6 “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;”
How many of us are walking around in darkness and liking it because we know our way around despite the lack of light? But sooner or later we will fall. We might can manage life apart from light for a short while, but we can not live in darkness. We need to understand that in order to have fellowship with the Lord that we can not be walking in darkness, but must instead learn to live in the Light. And yet, we often live our lives like I go to the bathroom, shuffling our feet thru the darkness and hoping we don’t hurt ourselves.
Maybe it is time to turn the LIGHT on and let is SHINE, piercing the darkness. In Him there is NO darkness. So quit walking around into the dark. Step into the Light and fellowship with the God who wants you to see Him.

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