Jesus is the light. He is the truth, and if we are walking according to this truth, we will live in the light now and will finally arrive at the light in the kingdom of heaven, where we will live eternally.
Satan is darkness and the father of lies. If we choose to walk according to his way, then we are living in the darkness, even if it seems to us that life is good, full of money and honor. But it is a life of darkness that will ultimately bring us to live in eternal darkness.
How easy it is for Satan to lie to us. For example, he might tell us, "God doesn't have time for you; you are tiny, and he has a whole world to take care of." But the truth of God's word says, "Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God. Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!" (Luke 12:6-7).
Satan makes me feel like it is too hard; I would rather give up, I just can't go on. But Paul tells us, "I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me." (Philippians 4:13).
Sometimes we go around with the feeling that we are unworthy, that we have gotten away from Jesus, and surely God does not love us. But if we will only look at God's light, we find it written in his word, "For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below-there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39).
God is light, Satan is darkness. God is truth, Satan is the lie. I need to stop and pray, asking God that each time Satan lies to me and attempts to leave me in the darkness, that Jesus will show me his light, his truth, that he will help me turn my back on Satan's lies and live in the light of God's truth.
- 21 DECEMBER -