Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 119:105-112
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“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
light for my path.” (Psalm 119:105
NIV)
“Let your lives glow bright before God
before He turns out the lights, before you trip and fall on the dark mountain
paths. The light you always took
for granted will go out and the world will turn black.” (Jeremiah 13:16 The Message)
Darkness breeds fear and doubt; light
breeds hope. God and His Word were
the light for His people, the hope, but they took it for granted and didn’t
follow His way, so the darkness was taking over.
This reminded me of a movie my family
watched recently, and since we have kids ages 6, 4, and 2, it was of course a
kids’ movie. It probably sounds
ridiculous to experience God through a children’s movie, but I truly did!
The
Rise of the Guardians was a bit strange, and I didn’t really expect to like
it, but I ended up loving it because of the images of light and darkness within
it. Call me crazy, but it made me
think of the goodness and light of God verses the evil and darkness of Satan
and sin. In the movie the
character Pitch Black, takes over the good dreams from the character Sandy, the
sand man, and turns them into nightmares.
The more the children stop believing, the more Pitch’s darkness takes over. It is when the children trust in
goodness and stop fearing the dark that the light starts winning. The darkness is pushed away and the
light and the good dreams return.
Darkness is powerful. It is scary. You can’t see what lies ahead. But light is more powerful - it only takes a little light to
break through the darkness.
God’s light for the Israelites kept
getting dimmer and dimmer because they kept turning toward and embracing the
darkness. God is warning them that
His light is about to go out completely if they don’t turn back to Him.
When the darkness starts taking over,
turn to His Word – His light will break through.
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