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Daily Audio Devotional -14 Dec 2021

We Own the Night!

December 14, 2021

Today's Devotional - We Own the Night!

14 December

“Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:12‬ ‭NLT‬‬


The soldier generally faces its greatest threats in the cover of darkness. I recall doing most of my movements and patrols in black-out conditions through the most ridiculous terrain imaginable to take an objective by surprise. In many cases, we used the darkness to our advantage while living by the phrase “we own the night!” However, without our specialized equipment such as night-vision goggles or thermal sensors, we would have been far less successful. Our equipment gave us an edge over the enemy.

Spiritually speaking we have access to a very similar edge. In our spiritual defense, believers will never get caught in the darkness because we carry with us the light of the world. We can clearly see and identify the obstacles we may stumble on and avoid them or negotiate them with the help of a battle buddy. It’s literally a night and day difference to life. Yet even with access to the light, just like our night-vision gear, this spiritual light will do us no good if we don’t use it.

Jesus is the light of the world meaning there is not a place of darkness in anyone’s life that He cannot illuminate. Yet we still have to let Him in. We still have to submit to Him alone as Lord and admit that we truly can not do this on our own. Only then does he become the light to our path allowing us a way out of darkness and out of danger entirely. It is no longer my strength but His. Where I once said, “We own the night,” has now become “HE owns the night!”

REFLECTION:
What areas in your life are still covered in darkness?

You have access to the light but are you reaching for it to use it?

How can you ask Jesus to to 'own the night' In your life?