The Night is Far Spent

Rom 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Rom 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.


Put on the armor of light.


The night is far spent....
The day is at hand...
Cast off the works of darkness...


Works of darkness- rioting, drunkeness, wantoness, strife, envying, lusts of the flesh. We know what the works of darkness are and if we know what the works of darkness are then we know what the armor of light is. The armor of light is what we are left with when we are no longer consumed by the works of darkness. When you're caught up in drunkeness you're not dealing with reality you're escaping from life. When you're embracing rioting you've lost patience and violence is what you're condoning. Covered in strife, in envying, letting your base desires overcome any maturity you may possess, you are not covered in the armor of light. We need to live without the angst, without the darkness ruling us. There are movies and books without number pitting evil against good and it's anyone's guess any more which win. So many revel in the thought of evil sneakily winning even when it appears good may have conquered...that last bit where you question whether good really wins is the surprise ending. Evil against good and sometimes promoting evil- making it appear good- is a big thing as well. Disguising evil under a cloak of goodness is so popular. Things aren't that bad, evil isn't that bad, we make excuses for evil. Do we cast off the works of darkness? Do we cast off the works of evil? Do we know what evil is any longer? We're so busy turning evil into good, or disguising it and pretending the armor we wear is of light that we don't realize how much darkness we are covered in.


Let us walk honestly.
Put on the LORD JESUS CHRIST.


May God help us really see ourselves for what we are. May the Holy Spirit convict us of the darkness in our lives so that we may know to cast it off with His help and may the armor of light be upon us fully- May we have Christ our Lord and Savior in us now and forever! Please Lord let us recognize the evil we've disguised as light for what it really is, we want to be found in Your light by Your mercy and Your grace, through Your love!


Amen.