"He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away (literally, 'broke in pieces') their chains." (Psalm 107:14, NIV)
This is the "finished work of the Cross." This is what it "cost" our Lord Jesus Christ in His Precious Blood.
You and I were in, "....the utter darkness...." We could not see God. We could not see life. We could not even see ourselves. All was, "....darkness, the utter darkness...." And, we can say that there is a sense about ongoing life that is, "....utter darkness...." There are things for which we have absolutely no answers, "For now we see through a glass darkly."
But you know what's next, don't you?-- Jesus, our Light. The Light which Jesus Is, however, does not give more understanding about the darkness. Of Jesus' Light the Bible tells us, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it" (NIV), or, "....the darkness has never put it out" (CEV), or, "....the darkness did not over power it" (NASB), Interlinear, "perceive it."
It is enough for you and me today that our Lord Jesus Christ destroyed, "....the utter darkness...." Jesus, "broke [it] in pieces." And now, as the old chorus says, "all sorrow has gone, the glory has shone, and now I am free."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I confess and receive that, "the utter darkness..," can only be, "broken in pieces," by You. Thank You, my Light. Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
