Bibledoorajar: The Truth Over There

 "Emotion is the chief source of all becoming-conscious. There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion. "

 Carl Jung

One wonders what the emotions were like among the Egyptians who found themselves in total darkness because their Pharoah neither had compassion for the Israelite slaves nor fear of their God. Furthermore, he did not seem to be thinking too much about their happiness and welfare.

He appeared to have no feelings for others nor feelings of sadness over the condition of his country. The Israelite God had no darkness in Him at all, but He could decree darkness to cover the Egyptian villages. Full of light, He Himself shone in the land of Goshen. For three days the lesson of darkness versus light persisted. The truth was over there--in Goshen. Pharoah never got it but finally, tired of the dark, and perhaps tired of his staff talking about it, PhaRAoah sent for Moses. "O.K. Moses, I give, you and your people including the women and children can go worship your God but you have to leave all your animals here." "No, Pharoah we will need to take all of our animals because we will be sacrificing to our God in worship and need to be prepared to do that in truth." Pharoah, we are living in the light (truth) over there. We see the glory of our God. For Pharoah to not feel any emotions at this point puts him in what I will call the very callous arena and he is setting himself up for that which follows darkness---death. More to come.

"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."  2 Corinthians 4:6

We can praise the Lord that we have seen the light of the glory of God in Jesus and experiencing His love has brought truth into our consciousness. We are moving forward with Him into greater and greater depths of worship because of a love relationship that is felt. We carry the right sacrifice in our hearts. Darkness cannot take hold of us in spite of all the little pharoahs that try to establish fiefdoms.

"Open my eyes, that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free."

                                       Clara Scott