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Stay in the light - Episode 7-78, March 19, 2017

Mar 19, 2017

A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

  1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
  2. Have you ever been in absolute, total darkness. It’s hard to find those spots today, but when you do, they can be pretty scary.
  3. Scripture
    1. John 12:35-36
    2. Jesus: Light is among you, but very soon it will flicker out. Walk as you have the light, and then the darkness will not surround you. Those who walk in darkness don’t know where they are going. While the light is with you, believe in the light; and you will be reborn as sons and daughters of the light.
  4. Devotional
    1. Growing up in central Tennessee or central Kentucky, you know about Mammoth Cave. It’s named after the discovery of the Mammoth skeleton found in its caverns deep under the earth.
      1. System goes on for miles
      2. Popular tourist attraction
      3. Beautiful natural sculptures from millennia of stalactite and stalagmite formation
      4. Evolution of insects, fish and frogs without sight
      5. Every tour stops deep underground to demonstrate real darkness
      6. All lights extinguished for a few moments with no light anywhere
      7. Shocked by the total absence of light
    2. Few places you can go without some light visible
      1. Light pollution from cities makes night training difficult for military
      2. Observatories find it more difficult to search the stars for the same reason
      3. Use to be able to point out many more constellations and clearly see the Milky Way
      4. Light floods our skies 24 hours a day because of the man-made devices we employ
      5. We despise darkness
    3. Darkness means
      1. Can’t navigate
      2. Can’t avoid hidden danger
      3. Can’t distinguish friend or foe visually - sense we rely on the most
      4. Fear
    4. Many live in spiritual darkness and don’t know how to escape it
      1. Swallowed in fear
      2. Know there is danger, but don’t know how to avoid it
      3. Sense the evil in the darkness but run headlong into it because there is no way to recognize the right path in the darkness
      4. Need light to show the way
    5. Jesus says He is the light
      1. He lights our way
      2. He says when we believe in Him, His spirit will live in us and we become sons and daughters of the light, His light will shine in and through us to light the path before us
      3. Might not see the whole journey,
      4. Might only be the next step
      5. But will never be in darkness if Jesus is living in you
  5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."