Night Vision

Throughout the history of warfare, there have always been those weapons or tools that gave an army an edge. Today, there is a military tool that can give the military an edge. They’re called night-vision goggles. Night goggles literally allow the wearer to see an illuminated view of what's going on in the darkness; things that would otherwise be invisible. If you can see through the night, you can see what others can't see and you can operate when others can't move.

For a long time, God has been equipping folks with the ability to see through the night. You don't even need special goggles, but you do need to have a love relationship with God where your heart opens up to things that He wants to show you. And maybe it's nighttime in your life right now and it's gotten pretty dark. It's hard to see where to go, hard to know what to do, and it's pretty scary.

With that said, you're going to love God's promise of night vision to His children. In Isaiah 42:16, God says, "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them..." Are you walking down a way you've not known before? Are you headed toward an unfamiliar path? Your Lord says, "I will be your night vision." It gets better. He goes on to say, "I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth." That is awesome! Of course, you have to be walking into the darkness for God to turn the darkness into light. He doesn't say to start walking when He lights up the path. He says to start walking and as you walk, He'll light it up. It reminds me of the clip of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” where Indy has to step out in faith to walk across the bottomless pit. When he takes the first step, he finds there is a bridge unseen to man.

Yes, you may be in a night season right now, but your God owns the night! In fact, that's usually when you can see Him best. Like the moon. As long as it's daylight, you can only see a pale moon, at best. But when it's dark, that's when you can see the brightness of the moon - or of your Master. Just like the military who get a lot done in the night because they have night vision, your Lord gets a lot done in the nighttimes of our life; often some of His greatest missions. No matter how dark it is around you right now, your God is able to lead your steps, protect you from all harm, show you where to walk, and enable you to complete your mission, unhindered, undiminished, uncompromised, and undefeated no matter what's out there in the dark.

Because, as 1 John 4:4 tells us, "the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." So, don't make the mistake of just trusting what you can see, or trusting what you can feel. You need to know that your Heavenly Father is walking ahead of you every step of that night. So, keep walking and keep trusting. Your Father owns the night!

Blessings!