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A Light in the Darkness

A Light in the Darkness

 The other night, we watched a movie that a friend already described as disturbing especially for us who likes long drives.  And yet I watch it, wanting to stop midway through it and yet I continued on. I was thinking this is what once Pastor Jong warned us about watching horror movies.  It steals what would have been joy, content, and peace and it replaced them with fear and worry instead.  It’s not a horror movie but a suspense thriller about a family road trip gone wrong.  Even scarier than horror movies I guess.  Thinking had it been us in the dire situation, what would have we done.  In the midst of fear, I remembered prayer and the thought of it, of knowing you have Someone stronger and bigger to go to in the difficult times, already shone light through the darkness of the movie.  

 
It is timely when Pastor Jong talked about Jesus and a demon-possessed man on this Sunday’s message.   Sharing his early days in the ministry, Pastor recalled their encounters with demon-possessed people as they shout at the top of their lungs in prayer to cast out the spirit.
Jesus as described in Luke, however, without any fuzz, calmly commanded the legions of demons to get out of the poor man.  The demons destroyed the man’s life – the story goes that he had been homeless and naked, isolated living on the tombs outside the town. Jesus restored that life. Once freed, he was seen sitting at Jesus’ feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane, notice the word ‘perfectly’ (Luke 8: 35).
 
We can all agree as Pastor said we serve a God who is sovereign, the Lord of Lords who can deliver us from our own demons — financial, spiritual, physical relationship struggles and whatever it is that darkens our world.   God already called us out of the darkness into the light.
For God, who said, “Let light shine of darkness, “ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.\” –2 Corinthians 2:4

– Ailene Oliveros

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