“You are my God. You bring light into my darkness.”—Psalm 18:28 (NIRV)
As counselors, Dennis and Melanie Morgan-Dohner helped many people find freedom from their problems, even those suffering from crippling issues of past traumas. At one point, they were overwhelmed by the problems that people were bringing to them. Feeling overwhelmed and inadequate to help heal the hurts and solve the problems that their clients were bringing to them, they cried out to God for help.
In response, they clearly heard God say, “Ask Me for more light.”
That began a very exciting adventure for Dennis and Melanie. They abandoned the previous strategies and techniques they had used before with limited success, and they simply began asking God for more light.
Time after time, in response to their requests for more light, God Himself revealed the truth that had been hidden in darkness from their clients. When the truth came, healing happened in a moment! Suffering that may have lasted for years was over! Darkness was gone! Light had come, and with it came answers and healing from years of trauma!
On October 5, 1999, my friend, Eric, had been on the scene of the Paddington train crash in London where two trains had collided head-on. Thirty-one people were killed and 417 were injured. Eric spent that entire day dealing with an overwhelming number of people who were experiencing excruciating suffering. That experience affected him very deeply, just as the horrible experiences of war affect military veterans.
For years, Eric underwent all kinds of treatments and therapy sessions with psychiatrists and psychologists, but he was still plagued by nightmares, stress, and the effects of trauma. He was unable to work for about five years after his experience on that horrible day of the train crash.
Then, with other members of his church ministry team, Eric attended a workshop with Dennis and Melanie Morgan-Dohner. At one point in the workshop, Dennis stated that “inner healing is easy, and it’s quick.”
Eric, who had struggled through many years of therapy for post-traumatic stress, felt offended by this statement that seemed to minimize his suffering.
During the break, Eric approached Dennis and said, “I don’t believe you!”
Dennis replied, “That’s alright. Give it a couple of days and we’ll talk.”
On the third day of the workshop, Dennis had the group participate in an exercise. He asked everyone who had feelings of inadequacy to close their eyes. Then Dennis told those in the group to ask Jesus to tell them personally what His Truth was about that issue of their inadequacy.
In that moment, Jesus Himself spoke to Eric and told him truth about himself that he had not seen before.
Eric’s eyes suddenly opened wide, and he exclaimed, “It IS that quick! It IS that easy! I was wrong!”
After years of walking in the darkness of post-traumatic stress, Eric was healed and freed in a single moment as the light of God’s Truth illumined Eric’s understanding of that situation. All of the darkness was dispelled, along with the pain, the suffering, and the nightmares!
Now Eric ministers to others and leads them to discover the light of God’s truth that brings solutions for the darkness of the problems and issues that have caused them so much suffering.
God Brings Light Into Your Darkness
What God did for Eric, He also wants to do for you! Whatever problems you are facing, God wants to bring the light of His perfect solutions into your life. He knows the problems that you are facing better than you do. He understands your suffering, and He has the answers that you need.
God is not far away. He is with you in all of your troubles. Cry out to Him for help. Ask Him to bring light into your darkness and guide you into the best solutions for your problems.
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.”—Psalm 145:18 (AMPC)
**“**Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me”—Psalm 43:3 (NKJV)
“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness and brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.”—Job 12:22 (AMP)
“He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.”—Daniel 2:22 (NIV)
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them.”—Psalm 107:13-14 (AMPC)
God is Light. When He comes into your life, He brings the light of His Truth. God wants to be your constant companion in life, guiding you into all Truth and illuminating your path with His wisdom.
“The eyes of a wise person see things clearly. A person who is foolish lives in darkness.”— Ecclesiastes 2:14 (NIRV)
“He called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”—1 Peter 2:9 (ICB)
Jesus told the Apostle Paul, “I am sending you to open their eyes. Then they can turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, and receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are made holy by faith in me.” (Acts 26:17-18 CEB)
“I’ve come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won’t remain in the darkness.”—John 12:46 (ISV)
“Because of and through the heart of tender mercy and loving-kindness of our God, a Light from on high will dawn upon us and visit [us]** **To shine upon and give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct and guide our feet in a straight line into the way of peace.”—Luke 1:78-79 (AMPC)
“Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, ‘I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.’”—John 8:12 (AMP)