Romans 5:1-5 NIV ~ “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, [2] through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. [3] Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; [4] perseverance, character; and character, hope. [5] And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
You are being developed in the darkroom! Let’s look at how a photographer turns a moment into a picture. When a true photographer captures a moment on film, he has to take it to the darkroom to produce the picture!
He uses a certain red light that illuminates the room so that what’s on the film can be transferred to paper and then the paper has to be dipped in several different trays holding different solutions. If you expose unprocessed film to light can ruin it, and in order to get the things that are on the inside of film, it has to first be subjected to darkness? As the photos are moved from tray to tray, the image begins to emerge. The process takes a considerable amount of time and precision to be processed.
Throughout this process the room must stay dark, so that the captured moments don’t get lost. Because if someone opens the door to the darkroom while the transformation process is underway, the light will mess up every piece of film that the photographer has captured. And more than the pictures being ruined; all time taken to capture those special, detailed, one-of-a-kind moments would be gone and not to mention all money for the film, it would all be wasted! Those photographic one-of-a-kind memories would never again be recaptured, they would be lost forever, only etched in the corridors of the photographer’s mind.
The darkness of that dark room made the proper development of those pictures possible so that everything else necessary to produce a memorable moment to look upon forever could happen. He needed the darkroom, you needed to be processed in the darkroom for gifts to come forward! I know it’s hard to see it right now, but trust the process of God, He knows what best for you! For what you see now is not as important as what you don’t see, for what is seen is temporary, but that which is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ~ “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
God allowed the dark rooms to develop you into who you are. When you are experiencing the darknesses of life, failures, losses, challenges, sicknesses, loneliness, separations,
disappointments, and deaths; I want you to need to look at it through the “red” of the Blood of Jesus. It’s what today’s scripture says, “you have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I am sharing this because with you because you may be in the midst of darkness and your cry to God is, “Why are you forsaking me.” (Deuteronomy 31:8, “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”) it is in the place of processing that in all actuality, you are unprocessed and if the light appears before your time is up, it will ruin you. This is why God is allowing you to sit in the darkness because He needs what’s on the inside of you to fully develop. So, I need you to be patient like the photographer who has to wait it out in the dark room and watch as God takes the time to develop the picture of your life that He’s taken. Don’t rush through any of the stages; don’t open the door to soon, endure every dipping, for it is for your good and the Glory of Your Father!
In prayer on last Friday, Apostle Comery said this, “Process, Preparation and Purpose; you have to embrace the season of process in your life while God is preparing you for your place of purpose. Where you are being processed is not your place of purpose, you just had to be processed in that place!” This is the darkroom experience! I know that it may be painful to wait in there while the work is going on, but you can do it! “The Pain of the darkroom has Propelled you into your Purpose”, Pastor Tiffany White! Only when the process is complete will you be fully developed and His image emerges through you, for you and others can now see Him in you! Now that the process is complete, God will open the door and you will walk out transformed and brand new, you will have done been dipped in the Blood of Jesus Christ, making you ready for use! Now your Season of Waiting is Over!
Do you love seeing stars? When and how do you see them? You can only see them at night. Stars can’t shine without darkness. Embrace every challenge as an opportunity to reveal your inner light and strength. Keep pushing forward, for the brightest days often follow the toughest journeys. So, remember the next time that you are in a dark place, it’s to prepare you for the shine, because you can’t shine without darkness preparing the way for you! Embrace your dark room experience today and know that it is making you shine brighter for all the world to see your Father Light of Love in you!
Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father for a new day! Thank You for watching over me and my family through dark hours and arose us to a brand-new day, one that I have never seen before and one that I will never see again. Help me to use every moment to be a blessing to someone else. Father, Your Word is where my hope lives. My whole being waits for You, Father I thank You for the work You’re actively doing in my life. And I trust that whether or not I can see what’s taking place, it will all work for my good and Your glory. Father, I humble myself before the Throne of Grace and I ask in the Name of Jesus for you to grant me comfort in these darkroom moments. Father, I pray for every crushed spirit that is sitting in a room of darkness right now, send Your peace to cover them right now. Father, allow Your armor of light to shine over their lives. Father, You said in 2 Peter 1:19 “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.” So Father, I called on You, as You are the only way through this process. Father, I thank You for this refining place, the place where you are preparing me for Your service, may I serve You well. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
Blessings…
Minister Jean
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