God Calls Us From Our Darkness

I have despised my life; I have wanted people to leave me alone because I’ve felt my days had no meaning (Job 7:16). Lord, You would not leave me here on this earth a single day that was not meant to have meaning. My life does have meaning! Please help me not to despise it or isolate others from it.

God, the righteousness that comes from You comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference in us humans, for all have sinned and fall short of Your glory, God; and yet we are justified freely by Your grace through the redemption that came by Your Son, Jesus (Romans 3:22-23). Help me to accept that Your gift of grace has never and will never be relegated by my ability to be good and righteous. O Jesus, how I praise You that everyone who believes in You receives forgiveness of sins through Your name (Acts 10:43). There is no exception. Blessed am I, because my transgressions have been forgiven. My sins are covered (Romans 4:7-8). Blessed am I because You, Lord God, will never count my sins against me.

Unto the righteous there arises light in the darkness (Psalm 112:4). Lord, according to Your Word, if my eyes are bad, my whole body will be full of darkness (Matthew 6:23). Heavenly Guide, this verse tells me that the focus of my gaze — where my eyes are fixed — has a monumental impact on whether light or darkness will be prevalent in my life. Please, Lord God, Almighty One, heal my eyes and my sight that I might look to Jesus, my Hope and my Redeemer, and look away from my troubles.

“Let him who walks in darkness, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God” (Isaiah 50:10). I desire to trust in Your name, O my Lord, and rely fully on You, my God, especially as I walk through this dark time.

Lord, in Your Word I read that the Light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it (John 1:5). Please help me to understand that, because I am Yours, Light is shining in my darkness whether or not I can behold it or understand it. Send forth Your light and Your truth, O Lord. Let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell (Psalm 43:3).

Lord Jesus, You have come into the world as a Light, so that no one who believes in You should stay in darkness (John 12:46). I believe in You and I am abandoning the darkness that surrounds me — with Your guiding hand and Your strength.