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No darkness can stop the Lord's light.
Come to Him. His Light never dims!
God directs our paths and conversations: I came across an atheist. Since I am a doctoral student en route to becoming a Christian psychologist, I detected it immediately: He obviously derived his identity from his intellectual ability and propensity to search for truth. The darkness in his heart loomed like a black hole: sucking in information yet never getting filled. His lack of peace and purpose created a stunning facade of confidence masking his underlying anguish. He was in despair. But an atheistic form of intellectualism was his distraction from his emptiness and pain.
Oh, my friends, we need to pray for atheists and all who reject God. Many atheists reject God because of their backgrounds/traditions, misinformation, ignorance, or pain inflicted by pretend Christians. But, as I prayerfully and gently shared with the atheist this week, "Please don't reject Jesus because of a Judas."
The fact of the matter of faith is that everyone puts faith into something. Atheism is a faith: They believe against mathematical reasoning that 0 + 0 = Everything. Faith in Christ requires a spiritual belief that God, the Supreme Creator, created everything.
If only atheists would not reject the One who chose to create them, loves them, and wants to save them. His Light never dims! (Contrary to rumors spread by misinformed people, the Bible and accurate science do not conflict with each other, by the way. But I digress.)
As we pray for atheists, we need to remember how no darkness can snuff out His Light and His Light in us who know Jesus personally:
"The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
Will see a great Light; Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them" (Isaiah 9:2).
"Saying to those who are bound and captured, 'Go forth,'
And to those who are in [spiritual] darkness,
'Show yourselves [come into the light of the Savior].'
They will feed along the roads [on which they travel],
And their pastures will be on all the bare heights.
'They will not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;
For He who has compassion on them will lead them,
And He will guide them to springs of water" (Isaiah 49:9-10).
Written hundreds of years prior to Christ's arrival in Bethlehem, the preceding passages actually describe Jesus Christ and His awesome offer to illuminate, set free, and flood us with His presence even in this fallen world.
Headlines remind us not to fall for this fallen world, which has so painfully rejected God. It's obvious that this world needs a Savior. His Name is Jesus Christ.
Open your heart to His. Close the door on darkness and sin. He will come in and you will understand the meaning of John 1:5 (ESV):
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
-Stacie Ruth Stoelting Hudzinski, founder of PrayingPals.org
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