by Danny B. Smith, Purple Ark Ministries

© Copyright Reserved  October 1st 2009

Dark Matter

"The Day of Confrontation with Evil"

Psalms 139:12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Webster defines matter as anything that has mass and occupies a volume .

My brothers and sisters, as we step closer to God's plan, let us grip the sword that must be used to strike the enemy.  In these days to come, the darkness I speak of will often try to imitate the light of God.  For my family it was during a moment of frustration, I had stepped away to correct myself in order to manage a difficult situation.  I drove two block to think and to speak to God.  As I stood looking across the park down from my house, a young man in dark clothes came up behind me.  It was as if I had turn just in time to discourage the intent of this unknown person walking in the dark. My devotional is about dark matter and the day of confrontation with evil. My friends we will not always be able to avoid a confrontation with darkness and the evil that comes to destroy our path to righteousness. Evil grows and sometimes takes on a massive disposition to throw us off course. The trick will always be to grab our attention long enough to make us dependent on anything other than God. When we think of darkness, we usually think of a place without light. Darkness can sometimes be seen in the light of a beautiful day.

The smallest of problems can create disorder when we neglect our duties as Christians and as caretakers. It is our human nature to want to keep everyone happy. We often compromise as a way out from dealing with pain and unhappiness. Recently I found myself cornered with a situation at home. In a short time my daughter had master the art of getting her way. My Grandmother use to say, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”. I was brought up in a physically abusive home that left me post traumatic toward physical punishment. Because of this I believe more in taking away certain privileges.

Taking away my daughter's computer access was more painful than words or physical punishment. Every now and then talks and punishment doesn't work. The situation becomes dark in matter. We then have to take responsiblity in order to shut down the enemy's access to our families.   I seldom raise my voice, but sometimes the situation will take you to that point.  The character of a family member or even a friend can be completely out of order and disrespectful. As caretakers we will often want to keep our love ones from crying or feeling hurt by a situation. In some cases, it can be two against one.  In an assertive moment, I decided that I was the head and not the tail. As a father, I am sometimes at a loss for words at home. Most eleven year olds that can out spell you, can out talk you. However, my battle was not against my daughter, but my battle was with the dark matter that wanted to invade it's reflection upon my family. As I am using my family for an example, I want you to look to your own lives and ask if there is a dark matter in your life.

In the book of Hosea 3:1, God has called the prophet to love his wife again. As she has stepped into darkness, the light of God reflected by the Prophet's love as God had commanded became a light to her salvation. In my case, the character of Christ must always be reflected in how we dissolve dark matter in our personal lives. In 1st Corinthian, 13:13, the bible says, “But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.” One of our greatest weapons against dark matter is love and sometimes even tough love. It is our greatest gift to our families. It will hurt at times, but in the end we would have honored God.  We must keep in mind that darkness is just a distraction, it is not real and it has no power over God.      

Dear Father in Heaven, Let the winds carry your Holy Spirit into the valley of our lives.  Give us authority over the atmosphere that demons cast their shadows in.  Rain your presence upon the dark matter that trys to lead us the wrong way.  Let your lessons of love guide our wisdom.  We pray for deliverance in the moment of conflict and darkness.  Draw us into your light, teach us how to walk through the valley and not in it. In Jesus Name Amen.

Pass This On

"Every week we have seven days to find one soul that doesn't know the love of God" Ask God to show that one soul that need to be found. Take the time to share the gift of love and fellowship. Allow your heart to embrace the suffering of others".

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