John 1:5 
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 

DAILY READING – -Acts 17:16-34; Judges 7-8; Job 37

In the middle of a forest, a campfire helps to keep the night beasts away. Fire usually scares animals off and threatens them to move away. Thus a campfire keeps campers protected and safe. In fact, many hunters maintain campfire throughout the night to keep away wild animals.

On March 31 2016, a 72-year-old Tucson woman, was found in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona, after being lost in the forest for nine days. She was on her way to visit her grandchildren in Phoenix, when she took two wrong turns and ended up on a dirt road in eastern Arizona. Her hybrid car ran out of gas and electric power and she didn’t have a signal for her cellphone. As she walked down the road looking for a sign of people, she only ended up wading deeper into the forest. She was able to survive for nine days, lost in the forest, due to application of basic survival skills she had learned from a survival course. During the days she ate plants and drank pond water, and at night, she kept away the wild beasts by gathering enough wood to keep a campfire burning all night long, On April 9, detectives from the sheriff’s office were finally able to find and rescue her. 

The use of fire to keep wild beasts away during the night is a basic survival tip for campers. Many people who have survived nights in dangerous forests are often able to do so by maintaining a campfire all night long. The fire keeps away the evil beasts.

The same thing applies spiritually. When we are filled with the light of The Word of God, darkness is kept far away from us.

1 John 5;19 tells us that the whole world lies in wickedness. And Psalm 74:20 says the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Ephesians 6:12 says ‘For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’ These scriptures clearly depict the spiritual state of the world. Man is under siege by the hosts of darkness. And the only hope of survival is the light of the Gospel.  This is the light that shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. The shinning of the light of The Word of God is what shatters every  darkness. Anytime light comes in, darkness must bow out, there is no argument between light and darkness. This is why we must go for the Light of The Word to survive the darkness of this world.  We need the light that comes from The Word of God more than ever before, especially now that we have come to the end of the age.

The last days are climatic days. Isaiah 60 tells us that darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness shall cover the people. But also it is the time of the greatest light for the church, as the Glory of The Lord arises upon us. In this end-time the battle line has been drawn between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness. It is the time of the greatest spiritual warfare, because the enemy knows his time is short. It is also the time of the greatest release of Power to believers by The Holy Ghost. His great power is needed to combat the gross darkness. We are in the days of His Power, where we will rule in the midst of our enemies and God will make them our footstool. 

We are going to reign through the dominance of light. Through the manifold wisdom of God we will confound principalities and powers. This is therefore a very crucial time on earth now.  Distractions are at an unprecedented level, the enemy is releasing his greatest temptations at this time. Your destiny is under serious contention. This is why as a believer, you can no longer afford to live carelessly. It is only by the light of The Gospel that you can triumph over the works of darkness, it is by that Light that you can see your way forward. Without that light you will be lost. 

This is why we must begin to study The Word of God like never before. The entrance of His Word gives light. This is the light that shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. Just as campers keep the fire burning at night to keep away the evil beasts, we must keep ourselves lighted by The Word to keep away every darkness. 

PRAYER: Father help me to keep my fire burning, please help me to walk in the light of Your Word, help me to stand strong despite the spiritual darkness in the world. I thank You for granting me the grace to begin to study Your Word like never before, Thank You for preserving me  in Jesus Name.

QUOTE : 

For you to enjoy victory in The Kingdom of God, you need to develop a kingdom mind, that thinks in line with The Word of God. – WORDBITE 222. 

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK KING IN ME]