Things Above Thoughts
TAT #36
Darkness or Light
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God (Act 26:18)
I love Paul’s call. He was sent to the Gentiles to free them from the darkness of Satan’s rulership so that they may turn to God. But how was he to do that? He was to “open their eyes.” Today we have a rampant problem with this and it is an ancient one:
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; (Isaiah 5:20)
Peter had this problem: after the Lord told him about His coming suffering, death, and resurrection, Peter rebuked Him because he held the “light” of a worldly view of suffering and death. So the Lord said to him:
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” (Matthew 16:23)
Where is your mind today? Is it on the “light” of human interest or on the “darkness” of God’s interest?
Let us set our minds on things above and live in God’s wonderful true Light.