Deep Things

 Deep Things

From: Today God Is First by Os Hillman

February 2, 2021

"He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light" (Job 12:22).

One of the great mysteries of the Kingdom of Christ is how God uses the darkest times in our lives to reveal greater depths of understanding of His ways. The only way we can receive these deeper things is to be driven to the depths of darkness. It is here that we discover important truths that He plans to use to bring light into our lives and into the lives of others.

There is a process God uses to draw us into greater levels of intimacy. The first phase involves a depth of soul experience that causes great pain in our lives. We seek God for deliverance from the incredible emotional pain this causes. Our primary motivation for seeking God is to get out of our pain.

During this time, God meets us in the depths of darkness. We discover that He never left us but is in the midst of the darkness. We develop a new relationship with God. Gradually our motivation turns from removal of pain to love and intimacy with God. This is the place our Heavenly Father desires us to be.

During this season God will make spiritual deposits into our lives. Others will be making withdrawals in the future from our lives as we gain more light and purpose to shed that light to those round about us -- all to further His Kingdom's purposes. God reveals deep and mighty things to us in our darkness that He will reveal in the light.

If you find yourself in great distress, know that God will bathe your deep shadows in His glorious light. The key to your deliverance is becoming satisfied in God. God Himself will become your all. He will become the complete focus of your life.

You will know your deliverance is near when your circumstances simply don't matter to you anymore.

Love the Lord your God with all your soul and see what things He will show you in the deep shadows of the most profound darkness.