The Separation
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night… (Gen 1:4-5).
As the Lord is joining us to Himself and His people, He will also be separating us from the darkness in our lives, and those who walk in darkness. This is a necessary process if we are to abide in Christ Jesus.
After we come to know Jesus as the Light, God begins to separate the light from the darkness in our lives. This can be a difficult time because it is easy to become so distracted by the darkness that we lose sight of the Light. It is crucial for us to always keep our attention on the Lord, who is our Light, even when the Holy Spirit is convicting us of sin, or revealing people or situations that we must avoid.
Darkness represents sin. The light will immediately begin to reveal the sin in our lives. Even small matters that we never thought about before, such as telling little lies, suddenly become dark and ugly. There will be a strong tendency at this point to just turn the light off. When we come to understand the grotesque nature of all sin, the exposure of that sin can seem intolerable. We must either turn the light off and go back to our old lives, or remove the sin. There can be no compromise. If we are to proceed, light and darkness must be separated.
- Note that when praise is given through very difficult circumstances it becomes a sacrifice. The sacrifice of praise is the fruit of our lips (Heb 13:15). Barren lips do not praise Jehovah but rather complain.
- Make this month one of continuous praise to the Lord (Psa 34:1-3). Take time to seek out for praise and worship music. Listen to it. Dance to it. Sing along to it. Sing new songs to Jehovah (Psalm 98, 150).
- Open up the scriptures and read to God psalms of praise and adoration to Him. Write love letters to Him counting your blessings. Take moments to simply let Him know audibly that you love and adore Him.