To truly understand something, it’s always great to go to where it all began. That’s why I love Genesis so much. There’s so much there! Let’s first begin with the very beginning – LET THERE BE LIGHT!
We cannot even begin to comprehend what that must have been like. I mean, the voice of God bellowing out in full force and LIGHT EXPLODING in the darkness! It really was a big BANG! Scientists may not have gotten everything correct after that, but I do believe the Big Bang part of their theory is correct. They just didn’t know it was GOD! It’s the impact of that light that I want to get to as we begin this conversation about Competition.
In John 1:5, there’s a powerful verse that says: “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” We think of ‘comprehend’ as meaning “to understand”, and that’s absolutely right. The darkness cannot understand the light. They’re on two entirely different fields, and lies cannot understand Truth.
There are also two other meanings to the word used there. One is to seize or overcome. And the other is to extinguish or destroy. Darkness literally cannot gain control over the Light, and it cannot eliminate it. Amen!
Talk about NO COMPETITION when we’re dealing with the Kingdom of Darkness and the Kingdom of Light. Again, there is none!