Let's Get Real
Let's talk about something no one wants to admit...
Ok, I will just say it...
"Sometimes I get lost in the darkness....and....I don't feel like fighting my way out"
It is easy for us to share to good. We share the joy, laughter, and all the good that goes on in our homes and in our lives. We pretend that all is well. That's easy. Pretending is easy.
What isn't easy...
Being Real!!
My life isn't always rainbows and bunnies. I have days of incontrollable crying. I have sleepless nights because of the nightmares. Sometimes, at the end of the day, I just want to curl into a ball and shut down. Some days, I can't get out of bed and I don't know why. I allow fear to take over my thoughts. I allow evil inside my soul. I allow sin in my life. I allow the lies to become truth. I allow the darkness to win.
That is REAL!
Darkness is real folks and the second you ignore it and try to pretend it doesn't exist - that is when it gets you! That is when it defeats you!
If there is a Heaven - then there is a Hell! Reality folks!!
God is in control (can I get an AMEN)! This is truth! God is my Master and King! He is THE ONLY ONE I SERVE! God's will is all that I desire! Learning His Truth and leaning on His Word - THAT saves me!
But as REAL as all that is and as TRUTH as all that is - So is the fact that if I think for 1 second the darkness cannot reach me - I FALL!
So how do we defeat the darkness?
Easy
WE don't!!! We can't!!
Only GOD CAN!! In fact - HE ALREADY DID!
So, do I give up? Do I give in. Do I say, "ok, fine then. I won't do anything" NO!!!!
You Pray to Your King! You KNEEL before THE ONE who can save you! You raise your hands and PRAISE HIS NAME ABOVE ALL! You LET THE LIGHT IN!!
Pretending to live in the light does not work! Sugar coating the sin does not work! Acting as though the darkness isn't there does not work! Closing your eyes and believing that "I'm ok" - does not work!
Admit that darkness is real. Don't give it power - just admit it is real. Then...STAND FIRM ON THE BELIEF THAT THIS VERY DARKNESS YOU ARE FACING HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED!!! It has NO power over you!!
"I see you darkness. I hear you. I know you are there. BUT - MY GOD is BIGGER, STRONGER, WISER, AND MORE EQUIPPED THAN YOU WILL EVER BE!! OH, AND BY THE WAY....MY GOD ALREADY DEFEATED YOU - SO BUZZ OFF"!!!
Don't pretend. Be real. Expose yourself to your Creator - He already knows your pain my friend! Stretch out your arms and reach for your Father in Heaven! Be real in your acknowledgement of the darkness but be FIRM in the fact that GOD WILL BRING YOU INTO THE LIGHT.
Sin lies
Sin hides
Sin kills
Sin is the darkness that creeps around this earth waiting to devour it's prey.
STAND FIRM IN THE LIGHT THAT HAS ALREADY DEFEATED THAT DARKNESS!!!
