I know the darkness for I've lived there for years. Then one day something very radical happened to me. I encountered the Light. Though sometimes I find that the darkness still checks in on me looking for a way to creep in. I would feel it's fingers spread around me and try to lay hold of me with each temptation, but thankfully I've got the Light of Jesus and the Truth of His word to expose the plots of my enemy.I'm so thankful that I found Jesus, or rather He found me - for I was hiding from Him. I hid behind my favorite music. I hid behind a lifestyle of drugs and sex. Most of all I hid behind my excuses. I was looking for Jesus as a bank robber would be looking for the policeman.
The truth was I really didn't wan't to find Him. I wanted to continue life without Him and then somehow sneak into Heaven when the time came, but it wasn't until I saw my need for Him that it got real.
I could have bought the lies. I could have believed that I could create a truth myself about God and still embrace the darkness I was hiding in. The problem though was that I was never satisfied with my own truth. I knew in my heart that there had to be an absolute Truth that would prevail over all else.
In embracing the Absolute Truth it would mean my truth would have to be exposed, and then put to death. I could no longer grasp my excuses in my hand as a pardon for my sins for it was all or nothing.
I had an advantage however, for my mother made sure we were exposed to the Truth at a young age. My grandpa walked in the Truth and I saw the evidence of it's authenticity in his life.
Now as I've embraced the absolute Truth, my Savior, my Lord, my Jesus... I've walked in it for nearly 15 years. Reading His word and learning from Him.
Now my heart breaks as I see others embracing the darkness around me. I know they walk the dead end road that I once so casually strolled. If only it were true - that their road was a dead end, but it does lead to somewhere. The darkness gets darker along the road and you don't see the great chasm you will eventually fall into - called death and Hell.
Facebook has a way of displaying our hearts to each other. God doesn't need a Facebook profile for He already sees our wall, our photos, our messages, our chat, and our info. God knows our password and He doesn't even need it.
I cannot see the darkness my Lord sees, and I'm still fighting the darkness as my Lord is sanctifying me, so I'm not perfected by any means.
Still I see others embracing the darkness I now shun, and I see it celebrated and splashed on their walls. I see them laughing and walking jovially along the dark road. I want them to know I love them. Most of all I want them to know my Savior Jesus loves them.
I've found joy in the Light and I know it waits for them too. Won't you change the road you are on? Won't you come to Jesus?
