He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
Daniel 2:22.
Darkness...he knows.
Let's face it, we all have our own dark corners, out dark rooms, where our greatest struggles lie dormant, or is being wrestled with without any witnesses in sight (except for God though, who's watching from the sidelines).
We've all unfortunately witnessed this darkness consume some of our very own brothers and sisters, or where it is revealled in the light. Heck we see it in pastors, and fathers, and even mothers.
Becoming a leader is no joke, but a great risk.
You carry your darkness into a new level, and with each progression, the difficulties in revealing this darkness becomes everso troublesome.
We're all aware that we must fight this darkness on a day-2-day basis, but there is that added fear that the darkness may consume or show itself before the battle is done.
We've all been guilty of putting our expectations on others, unfarily to boot.
We see someone in service of the Lord, in the ministry who betrays him/herself and God to his/her darkness, only for him to be condemned by those who were not-so-long ago in awe of him/her.
They condemn him not just because of thier dissapointment in the person, but usually because they expected the person to carry thier expectations, to give them hope that "yes, it is possible".
But that person failing brings them back to the reality that they must face thier own "demon" to deal with, and it's not always easy to rid of.
Such is the curse of Adam upon us all.
Luckily for us, the grace of God, through Christ Jesus is more than suffecient ton either strengthen us against the battle, or see the good in us when no one else does.
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