Excerpt from part 1
We can have understanding in these
dark days from God’s word in our hearts and minds. If you have read to this point then no doubt
you agree with us (and more importantly, God’s word) that there is a deep
darkness which is tangible in these last days of the age of Grace. You may now
be hungry to grasp hold of being truly able to live above the noise. [This post ] will show how standing firm in
the Lord brings us to a place of spiritual light…. A place where we can live
above the noise of this chaotic world. We’re not talking about spiritual battle
here because the battle is the Lord’s. We are standing firm in our authority
through Jesus to be more than overcomers!
Living above
the noise means living in this world without being a part of this world. It
means living in spiritual light and
not in spiritual darkness. Remember, Jesus acknowledged that we are in this world. In other words, we are
stuck here, for now. But we are not of
this world, which means there is something that is a part of us that supersedes
the natural, physical elements of this earth. That ‘something’ is the Holy
Spirit in us. The Holy Spirit is the vessel, if you will, that creates a bridge
in us between earth (this world) and heaven (not this world). Jesus gave us the
Holy Spirit so we could live above the noise!
John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into
all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He
hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” It is the Holy Spirit that guides us to all
truth. We know that truth is wisdom, but it is also “light”.
Consider
this verse from Daniel 5:14 "Now
I have heard about you that a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight and extraordinary
wisdom have been found in you.”
Even before
humans had access to the Holy Spirit through their own free will choice, some
understood that God’s Spirit gave light. (illumination)
By now you
may be asking, how do I live above the noise and know that I am living in God’s
light?” Hang on it’s coming. Let’s take a look at Job 38:19 where he asks,
“Where is the way to the dwelling of
light? And darkness, where is its place,” He wanted to know, where does
light live and where does darkness dwell? Perhaps an even more profound example
of this passage comes from The Message Bible where it reads “Do you know where Light comes from and
where Darkness lives So you can take them by the hand and lead them home when
they get lost? Why, of course you know that. You’ve known them all your life,
grown up in the same neighborhood with them!” Yes, you’ve known about
spiritual light and spiritual darkness all your life! As a created child of
God, knowing the way to light and the dwelling of darkness is part of your DNA.
However, as worldly humans, we either choose or gravitate towards one or the
other.
Let’s review
this verse again: Job 38:19 (KJV) Where is the way where light dwelleth? and
as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
“This
question, put to Job by the Lord, is beyond human reason, but is very nature
reveals a great truth. As Job is
addressed, light is spoken of as having a “way,” or pathway, suggesting
movement. Darkness on the other hand,
seems confined to a place.”
“Ultimately,
it can be said that the most valuable commodity in God’s universe is
light. Where there is light, there is
life. If light is withheld, sooner or
later, life will cease to exist.”
In the
beginning, God said in Genesis 1:3-5 (KJV) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the
light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
“The light
called into existence by God, and called by Him “good,” is seen well before the
creation of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars on the fourth day of
creation. Where did this light come
from? ….it seems to be the very material of creation. Apparently, it is a creative energy; a force
that may be used to forge particles that fit together as atoms, molecules, and
finally of the created beings, man, animals, the Earth, planets and stars.”
“Satan
typifies and personifies darkness. We
tend to think of darkness as a quality produced by the absence of light. And so, it is, but perhaps it is also the
baleful presence of a darkening personality.
Among mankind, those who follow the rulers of darkness falsely corrupt
the true Light of the Gospel, substituting a false light that seems real, but
is in fact the very essence of darkness.”
[Quotes
from: “The Light of the World,” by Gary Stearman, (Prophecy Watcher magazine
March 2019, page 5, 6, 7)]
WE CAN LIVE
ABOVE THE NOISE and the darkness of this world by “putting on the armor of
light.”
Romans 13:12 (AMP)
The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s
return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on
the [full] armor of light.
Armor is the Greek word, hoplon, which means an implement, a
tool, an offensive weapon for war. Light is the Greek word, phos, which is light, fire, or
luminousness, manifested by rays. When
we “put on” the “armor of light” we acknowledge (in our minds) that wherever we
go, we manifest LIGHT which dispels darkness, and darkness cannot exist with
light!
The “whole armor of God” in Ephesians
6 is another “spiritual armor” that keeps darkness away from us. Ephesians
6:12-13 (NKJV) For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
The truth is: we have been “delivered
from the power of darkness,” through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the
cross. He redeemed us from the hand of
the enemy, by His shed blood. (Psalm 107:2) We are now “qualified” to be a part
of the saints in the LIGHT, which is our eternal inheritance. Our “location” has changed: we are NOW seated together in the heavenly places
in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:6)
Colossians 1:12-14 (NKJV) giving
thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of
the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Elohim, God,
created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. But men have free will to choose to believe
these truths in the Word of God or not to believe them.
Isaiah
45:7 (JUB) I form
the light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil: I am the LORD that
does all this.
Isaiah 5:20 (AMP)
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who
call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and
light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and
sweet for bitter!
John 3:19
(NKJV) And this is
the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
When we
choose to make Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 10:9-10), WE CAN BELIEVE the truths
in the Word of God. WE CAN “put on the
whole armor of God” and arm our minds with the “armor of light.” The “evil that is screaming in the darkness”
CANNOT harm or touch us. We are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us! (Romans 8:37)
