John 1:5 “…the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it…”. Only ‘God things’ can be associated with the words ‘always’ and ‘never’… it’s here we understand the true nature of God, His unlimited omnipotence revealed in the Light. This Light pierced the darkness, overcame it, and the darkness will never be able to appropriate it. John testifies to what he’s witnessed and he wants to share it with the world. “There it was-the true Light, coming into the world, the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light that illumines every person. He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him, did not know Him”. There are different kinds of darkness, but they all come from the same place. A darkness that overcomes a person who has never taken hold of the Light. A darkness where Pride, Fear, Anger or Shame guards the door to the heart in an attempt to oppose the Light, it’s Love and Humility and Goodness and Hope. Deceit, and Lies hide in the shadows of darkness, unreceptive to the Light. In the Light, the Truth is revealed and the darkness has to flee, it’s overcome, overpowered, and rendered harmless. Do we have to search for this Light? Or is it everywhere, that we just need to recognize it for what it is? Paul wrote letters of Light from the darkness of a prison cell, Light and darkness are not merely around us, it’s what’s in us that changes things. John tells us that He came for His own and they didn’t recognize Him, they missed it…they chose to betray Him, they chose to close their eyes to Who He was…because they loved the darkness… more. The Light is here…full of Truth and Power. It wasn’t until Jesus ascended into heaven that the Light could live in the hearts of men through belief, confession, and repentance…through surrender…through Jesus. A Guard against the darkness is placed over our hearts. We do well to ask God how we’ve offended Him. How we’ve allowed a spirit of darkness to corrupt