majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 82:5,
"They know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in
darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken."
In Asaph's psalm, he notes that there are those who know nothing,
understand nothing and walk about in darkness. I'm not sure if the
"they" refers back to the wicked or those who need deliverance from
them in verse 4. For the purposes of my thought this morning it makes
little difference.What I am reminded of is that apart from the Lord
folks are simply lost to spiritual things. Before I embraced Jesus
Christ in faith, I stumbled around in a spiritual darkness.
In 1 John 2:9-11 we read, "Anyone who claims to be in the light but
hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother
lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in
the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness
has blinded him." We come into this life estranged from God, living in
a spiritual darkness dominated by a sinful nature. In my case, in
addition to stumbling around in a spiritual darkness, I thought I knew
it all. What a combination! Ignorant and ignorant of my ignorance!
When we embrace Jesus Christ in faith, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell
within us. Paul speaks of a spiritual darkness that is removed by the
Holy Spirit in the hearts of those he dwells within, "We have not
received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that
we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak,
not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the
Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The man
without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the
Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot
understand them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1
Corinthians 2:12-14.
How wonderful God is - who has brought light into our spiritually
darkened hearts! John tells us, "In him was life, and that life was
the light of men. The light shines in the darkness... " John 1:4-5a.
To me, one of the most moving and dramatic realities that has taken
place because of the coming of Jesus Christ to earth is what Isaiah
says in Isaiah 9:2, "The people walking in darkness have seen a great
light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has
dawned." Today I worship our loving Father who has brought light to
those of us stumbling in the great darkness!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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