Empowered Through God’s Light
ICS Daily Devotions

1 John 1:5-6 (NKJV) This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

When we are feeling the blues, bumped out, or oppressed, it is a good reminder that God is light. Because darkness and light cannot coexist, there is no evil in God. Therefore, the source of our suffering is not God.

We must have the conviction that God is good all the time even during bad times! This conviction should not be dependent on our circumstances but be firmly established on the Word. Once our foundation is built on the Word, it will not be shaken when the storm of life hits us.

The opening Scripture further says that we also need to be mindful to walk in truth and not walk in darkness because God is not mocked, and a man will reap what he has sown. Therefore, if we sow in the flesh, we will reap corruption, and if we decide to live independently of God, we will have to face the consequences.

God liberates, while the devil wants to oppress and hold people in captivity. Any form of oppression, poverty, captivity, and brokenheartedness is not the work of God. The anointing presence of God is the yoke-destroying, burden-removing power of God. That is what Jesus does when His presence is in our everyday lives and in our closet during our quiet time with Him. It is the anointing work of the Holy Spirit that breaks the oppression, heals the brokenhearted, and sets free those who are captive.

Luke 4:18 (NKJV) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.

God wants us to be liberated from the bondage and the control of the devil. The first step is to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour so that we are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. We are given the right to become a child of God and to cross over from death to life the moment we decide to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. We are in God’s hands and blessed with all the spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

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