Separating Light from Darkness I

Wednesday 12 April
READ: Gen. 1: 1 - 5
MORE LESSON: Gen. 1: 17 - 18

The first thing that God created in the beginning was light. Darkness was reigning until God commanded light to be. However, after God created light, the darkness didn't disappear, it was only swallowed up. This means that after creation, light was present and darkness was also present. God had to divide the light from darkness. Sometimes, light and darkness are all mixed together in a man's life. Good things are symbols of light and bad things are darkness. Many believers are suffering from a lot of darkness; it is only that the light present does not make the darkness to be obvious. There are silent tears, hidden pains and other problems covered by the good house and nice clothes that many wear. Sickness and poverty may still be punishing a man while the only consolation he has is the joy of salvation and the fact that he will make Heaven when he dies. God doesn't want partial light and darkness mixed up in your life. He desires that there should be a total separation of light from darkness.
According to 1 John 1: 5, This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. God is all light and no iota of darkness. In the same manner, there must be no room for darkness, no matter how small, in your life. Sickness, demonic oppression, nightmares, sinful habits and poverty are darkness. You must separate between light and darkness and send the darkness away.The very first step in separating from darkness in your life is to know what is light and what is darkness. I have realised that some of the things people celebrate as light are actually darkness. Some people celebrate some problems in their lives and say that it is the cross that God has given them to carry. Some believers actually feel spiritual bearing problems. It is not God that heaps problems on you, it is darkness that makes you celebrate problems. Separate light from darkness and condemn darkness. No matter how many scriptures men try to use to justify lack, what is bad is bad; poverty is darkness.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness: Gen 1:4. God saw that light was good and that darkness was bad, so He separated light from darkness and chose light for Himself. Today you must step out of any theology that makes you celebrate darkness. Even if religion wants to make you see something that is darkness as acceptable, refuse to be taught into accepting it. Don't accept sickness, failure, poverty, smallness or obscurity; you must shine as light. Don't accommodate and pamper your problems and limitations, you are light and darkness has to be separated from you.

Prayer/Action
* Speak condemnation upon every agent of darkness around you, in Jesus’ name.
* No activity of darkness will survive my presence, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I banish the hands of the enemy from this day and I release God's mighty hand upon it, in the name of Jesus.