Chasing Away Darkness: A Remedy for the Overshadowed Soul Part 1

Everyone in this life is missing something. We all have a hole, or as I like to call it a "void", to fill . Our souls and our hearts yearn for something that we don't have. There is a longing for and a calling out to that something. As taught to us in the scriptures, the thing that we are missing is the presence of our Heavenly Father. Because of the Fall of Adam we are cut off from His presence. We have been sent here to this probationary state in order to prove ourselves worthy of returning to God's presence. But not everyone knows this or understands this. Not everyone realizes that the puzzle piece that fits perfectly in the hole of their hearts is the presence of God; they go looking for something else to fill it in. They search the world over for that one thing that will ease the aching and the yearning. As I have observed this process in my own life and in the lives of many, many others, I have come to the conclusion that the things we as Children of God choose to fill that void with can be classified under two different categories: the first is Light, and the second is Darkness. We all have the ability to choose for ourselves at any and all times what we want to fill ourselves up with.

But here is the interesting thing: when we are complacent, lazy, neutral, or stagnant in our search for things to fill that void, darkness creeps in. The adversary fills those holes with the things of the dark - sadness, agony, loneliness, anger, bitterness. And then there are a myriad number of things in this world that the adversary places in our paths so that if we are earnestly seeking for something to fill our souls with, we might mistakenly take one of his deceptions. Things such as immorality, drugs, alcohol, inappropriate music, and other such distractions.

It's like a room in a house. This room has a single solitary lightbulb in it: God's presence. It is a lightbulb that if turned on by constantly feeding it with electricity, it will envelop the entire room in sweet, breathtaking, powerful Light. All shadows are chased away. The Darkness is banished. If we choose not to feed the Light with fuel or do anything at all in order to maintain that Light, the Darkness overcomes the room. And then, there are those things that Satan places in our path to pick up and bring into our lives because to us they seem like they will suffice in fueling that need. When we choose these things, we are effectively placing a cover over the Light. A cover so dark and heavy and impenatrable that the Light has no chance of escaping. And so the Darkness fills the room again. Only one of the two can exist in the room at the same time.

So it seems that the odds are stacked against us; whether we do something or do nothing, it seems that Darkness will always creep in! But THERE IS HOPE. The odds ARE NOT stacked against us. Our Heavenly Father did something to make sure of that. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to Atone for our sins. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to lead the way and provide a means for us to ALWAYS banish the Darkness with His Light so long as we follow Him and trust in Him. This Light and Gift that is Jesus Christ always satisfies our need. It always fills us up. It is more than enough to fill our hearts as we need it.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS USE IT. Find out how to do so in Part 2.