Early this morning I was sitting in our living room listening to instrumental worship music. I took note of a shadow cast on the far wall by my lamp and thought about the contrast. The tiniest light shining in deep darkness is surprisingly bright.

To live in a shadowland has been defined as a place that represents moral ambiguity, ethical compromise, and unresolved struggles against inner darkness. It is a realm where the lines between good and evil blur. Where heroes face their deepest fears and the very soul is tested. 

Darkness is an absence of light. Darkness is dispelled by light. Spiritual darkness cannot understand the light of Jesus. It cannot take hold of it, control it, or eliminate it. 

I was reminded of the Old Testament filled with references and types—a shadow of the things that were to come—pointing to the reality found in the Messiah, Jesus (see Colossians 2:17). Casting a shadow through centuries of darkness, His brilliance penetrated into the future with hope of deliverance, fulfilled by His death, resurrection, and enthronement.

Now, His followers can be infused with Divine Light. Remember the glory-presence of the Holy Spirit on and through Peter. Healing was imparted on the crowd of people along the roadside simply as Peter’s shadow cast by the sun fell on them. 

If you see no way through the darkness and out of the dangerous predicament our nation faces or you face, turn to the Light and take moments to be still. You may see only shadows at first—but it’s a sign that light is piercing the veil. You are overshadowed by His mighty love. 

The environment shifts around you as Light pierces the darkness. Thank Him for exposure when His light pierces the black of night in culture, in the Church, or in yourself. What gets exposed and brought into the light becomes light. Darkness has to flee (see Ephesians 5:8-14). 

Keep turning your eyes to the Light. What is He saying? What is He doing? Confess and repent. Intercede and declare what He has authorized you to speak. May salvation, deliverance and healing, signs and wonders follow you as you walk by those captured in hatred, misery, and deep darkness.

“Awake you who sleep. Arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light” (v 14).